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# Approve/Deny/Delete an affiliate
How to approve, deny, or delete an affiliate in UpPromote. Navigate: Affiliates > Activate/Deny/Delete.
When an affiliate signs up for your affiliate program, their status by default will be inactive and need to be reviewed (approved or denied) manually unless you enable the [Auto-active affiliate](https://docs.uppromote.com/set-up/settings/auto-active-affiliate) feature. You will receive an email every time someone signs up.
1. **Approve affiliate:** To approve an affiliate to join your program, go to **Affiliates** > click the green tick button on the **Actions** column:
2. **Deny affiliate:** To deny an affiliate from joining your affiliate program, go to **Affiliates** > click the red cross button on the **Actions** column:
3. **Delete affiliate:** To delete an affiliate from your program, go to **Affiliates >** click the trash icon on the **Actions** column. Please note that **all related information** (referrals, clicks, coupons, etc.) **will be deleted and cannot be recovered**.
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If you delete an affiliate, all related information/data (**referrals, clicks, coupons**, etc.) will be removed as well.
**Please note that the affiliate accounts can not be recovered once deleted.**
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4. **Deactivate affiliate:** If an affiliate is approved, you can temporarily suspend them by going to Affiliates > switch off the toggle on the **Actions** column. All sales will no longer be tracked for the affiliates. If you want to activate the affiliate again, switch on the toggle.
