Learn how to send posts for approval — one at a time, or in bulk, straight from the calendar.
→ Request approval on a single post
→ Request approval in bulk from the Calendar
As you know, Planable lets you collaborate with your team on social media content and schedule it ahead of time. But we also know how important it is to have an approval process in place, so you can keep the quality and consistency of your brand’s message in check.
Good to know: Posts only appear in an approver's My approvals section after an approval request has been sent to them. Without a request, the post stays out of their queue — even if they have approval permissions on the workspace.
There are two ways to request approval.
Request approval on a single post
This is the quickest way when you only have one (or a couple) of posts ready to go.
- Open the post you want to send for approval.
- Hover over the approval button and move your mouse to the right of the user’s name.
- Click request to send the approval request.
You can request approval from one specific user at a time, or from all users with permission to approve.
Request approval in bulk from the Calendar
*Bulk approval requests from the Calendar are available on the Pro and Enterprise plans.
*The bulk request entry point lives in the general Calendar only (not in Custom views).
When you’ve got a whole batch of posts ready (think: a full content calendar for the month), you can now send them all for approval in one go. No need to open each post individually.
- Go to the Calendar view of your workspace.
- In the top bar, click Request approvals
- The calendar enters Selection Mode and checkboxes appear on each eligible post. Click any post tile to select or deselect it.
- At the bottom of the screen, a selection panel shows how many posts you’ve picked.
- Click Send for approval. A modal opens (“Send X posts for approval”) where you choose who you’re requesting approval from.
- Confirm — Planable sends the approval request to the selected users and exits Selection Mode.
To exit Selection Mode without sending, click the X on the selection panel.
💡 Pro tip: Use filters to narrow down the posts you're requesting approval for.
What gets shown in Selection Mode
To keep things clean, only posts that still need approval appear as selectable:
- Posts that haven’t yet had an approval request sent
- Posts that aren’t published or approved (even partially)
- For workspaces with Required approval: posts not yet approved
- For workspaces with Multi-level approval: posts that no level has approved yet
💡 Pro tip: If approvers tend to forget, pair these requests with automated reminders for approvals so they get a nudge a couple of days after the request is sent.