# App approval, app managers and org app policies

*Slack Consultant Study Guide · Policies and Settings · Last updated October 21, 2026 · https://www.certifyforce.com/study-guide/slack-consultant/policies-and-settings/app-approval-app-managers-and-org-app-policies*

How to recommend Slack app governance: turning on app approval, what restricting and scope changes do to installed apps, Slack's safest app management settings, app managers, org-level app policies in an Enterprise org, and the security questions for internally built apps.

- Certification: Salesforce Slack Consultant
- Exam section: Policies and Settings
- Study guide: https://www.certifyforce.com/study-guide/slack-consultant

**Official exam objective:**

> Provide guidance on app approval and the recommended settings.

## What the exam expects

- Turn on app approval for a workspace and explain what pre-approving and restricting do, including to apps already installed.
- Explain what happens when an approved app's developer adds scopes.
- Recommend Slack's safest app management settings, including app managers and where requests go.
- Distinguish an org app management policy from workspace app approval in an Enterprise org, and know that installation policies apply only going forward.
- Draft the security review questions for third-party and internally built apps.

Key terms:

- **App approval**: the Require approved apps setting; members can install only pre-approved apps and request others.
- **Scopes**: the permissions that govern what an app can do and access once installed.
- **App managers**: members a Workspace Owner appoints to review app requests alongside Workspace Owners.
- **App management policy**: an Enterprise org policy that turns on app approval in every workspace.
- **Slack Marketplace**: Slack's app catalog (Trailhead still calls it the Slack App Directory).

## Key facts

| Fact | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Default | Members can install apps without approval | [App approval](https://slack.com/help/articles/222386767-Manage-app-approval-for-your-workspace) |
| Turn on approval | Require approved apps, Only allow pre-approved apps (Workspace Owners, all plans) | [App approval](https://slack.com/help/articles/222386767-Manage-app-approval-for-your-workspace) |
| Restricting an installed app | Members keep using it until it's uninstalled | [App approval](https://slack.com/help/articles/222386767-Manage-app-approval-for-your-workspace) |
| Restricted new scopes | Existing version keeps working; update blocked until approved | [App requests](https://slack.com/help/articles/360024269514-Manage-app-requests-for-your-workspace) |
| Default reviewers | Workspace Owners; app managers can be added | [App requests](https://slack.com/help/articles/360024269514-Manage-app-requests-for-your-workspace) |
| Sign in with Slack | Off by default | [App approval](https://slack.com/help/articles/222386767-Manage-app-approval-for-your-workspace) |
| Org app management policy | Turns on app approval for every workspace (Enterprise plans) | [Org app policies](https://slack.com/help/articles/360038559694-Set-organization-level-policies-for-apps) |
| Request review under an org policy | Workspace Owners and app managers for their workspaces | [Org app policies](https://slack.com/help/articles/360038559694-Set-organization-level-policies-for-apps) |
| Marketplace-only policy | Applies only to installs and updates after it's turned on | [Org app policies](https://slack.com/help/articles/360038559694-Set-organization-level-policies-for-apps) |
| Slack Marketplace review | Reviewed, not endorsed or certified | [Security recommendations](https://slack.com/help/articles/360001670528-Security-recommendations-for-approving-apps) |

## Check yourself

- Why do members still use an app you just restricted?
- When can members use an approved app's updated version that requests new scopes?
- Who reviews app requests in a workspace after an Org Owner sets an app management policy?
- Why doesn't a Marketplace-only org policy stop an internal app installed earlier?

## Sources

- [Manage app approval for your workspace](https://slack.com/help/articles/222386767-Manage-app-approval-for-your-workspace)
- [Manage app requests for your workspace](https://slack.com/help/articles/360024269514-Manage-app-requests-for-your-workspace)
- [Set organization-level policies for apps](https://slack.com/help/articles/360038559694-Set-organization-level-policies-for-apps)
- [Security recommendations for approving apps](https://slack.com/help/articles/360001670528-Security-recommendations-for-approving-apps)
- [Manage Apps](https://trailhead.salesforce.com/content/learn/modules/app-governance-in-slack/manage-apps)

## About the full unit

The "Core concepts", "Exam traps" and "Worked scenario" sections of this unit, its 7 linked practice questions, and unlimited timed mock exams are included with the Slack Consultant pack (USD $19): https://www.certifyforce.com/practice-exams