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# Approve or Reject Access Requests

> For the full documentation index, see: https://docs.mulesoft.com/llms.txt

After users [request access](https://docs.mulesoft.com/exchange/to-request-access) to your API instance from Anypoint
Exchange, you can manually approve or reject requests from API Manager.

## Task Prerequisite

To manually approve or reject requests, you must have:

- Configured the SLA tier for the application

- The Organization Administrator, API Manager Environment Administrator, or the Manage Contracts
  permission

## Manually Approve Requests

To approve or reject requests to access your API:

1.  Navigate to **Anypoint Platform** > **API Manager**.

2.  In **API Administration**, click the name of the API instance to which you are requesting
    access.

3.  Click **Contracts**.

    The request appears.

4.  Click either **Approve** or **Reject** to approve or reject the access request, respectively.

## See Also

- [Request Access to API Instances from Exchange](https://docs.mulesoft.com/exchange/to-request-access)

- [Remove API Instance Contracts](https://docs.mulesoft.com/api-manager/latest/remove-client-app-latest-task)

- [Obtain Client ID and Client Secret Credentials of a Client Application](https://docs.mulesoft.com/api-manager/latest/access-client-app-id-task)