Change design approval settings
Design approvals help keep your team's or organisation’s designs on-brand by requiring review before publishing.
Features vary by subscription. Canva Teams supports individual reviewers only. Canva Enterprise supports multiple approvers, group reviewers and more advanced approval features.
Turn on design approval
Change design approval settings
- From the homepage side panel, select Brand.
- Select the dropdown beside your Brand Kit name.
- Go to the Brand Controls tab.
- In the Design approvals section, toggle the switch to turn it on. It turns purple when enabled.
If you’re a team administrator but can’t find the Brand Controls settings, make sure you’re in the right team or brand. Learn how to switch between multiple teams.
Set who can submit and review designs
- From the homepage side panel, select Brand.
- Select the dropdown beside your Brand Kit name.
- Go to the Brand Controls tab.
- In the Design approvals section, select (Settings). The People tab opens by default.
- Under Who can submit designs for approval?, choose from the following options:
- Everyone
- Members only
- Selected people or groups only (for Canva Enterprise only)
- Under Who can be assigned to review designs?, choose from the following options:
- Everyone
- Admins and brand designers only
- Selected people only (For Canva Teams)
- Selected people or groups only (for Canva Enterprise)
- If you selected Selected people only (for Canva Teams) or Selected people or groups only (for Canva Enterprise), tick the box next to each person or group you want to include, then select Save.
For Canva Enterprise, if you select a group as approver, all group members get notified, but only one needs to approve the design. Learn more about creating groups.
Set approval conditions
- From the homepage side panel, select Brand.
- Select the dropdown beside your Brand Kit name.
- Go to the Brand Controls tab.
- In the Design approvals section, select (Settings).
- Go to the Settings tab.
- Under which designs can be submitted for approval? choose between:
- All designs, or
- Designs created from designated Brand Templates only. Learn more about managing Brand Template design approval settings.
- Under Is approval required to publish?, choose between Yes or No.
If approval is required, members won’t be able to publish or download designs until the dedicated design approver has received the approval.
Changes to design approval settings don’t apply retroactively. You need to republish existing templates once you enable design approval.
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