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description: "Link the email templates that you created to the action in the approval process: Initial Submission Actions, Final Approval Actions, Final Rejection Actions, and Recall Actions."
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# Add Email Alerts to the Approval Process

Link the email templates that you created to the action in the approval process: Initial Submission Actions, Final Approval Actions, Final Rejection Actions, and Recall Actions.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Lightning Experience.</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Enterprise</strong> and <strong>Unlimited</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

1. From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Approval Processes, and then click **Approval Processes**.
2. Select the approval process to which you want to add the email alerts.
3. Under the selected action, click **Add New**, and then select **Email Alert**.
    
    For example, under the Initial Submission Actions, click **Add New**, and then select **Email Alert.**.
4. Enter a description for the email alert.
5. Select an email template for the approval process.
6. For the Recipient Type field, from the Search dropdown list, select **User**.
7. For the Recipients field, under the Available Recipients list, select the recipients for the email alert.
8. To move the selected recipients to the Selected Recipients list, click **Add**.
9. Save your changes.