---
title: Request membership to a forum
description: You must be a registered member of the community to request membership to a forum that is marked for membership only.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/customer-service-management/communities/request-membership-forum.html
release: brazil
product: Communities
classification: communities
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 3
breadcrumb: [Using communities, Communities, Customer Service Management]
---

# Request membership to a forum

You must be a registered member of the community to request membership to a forum that is marked for membership only.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_communities.community\_user

**Important:**

Starting with the Brazil release, Communities is being prepared for future deprecation. It will be hidden and no longer installed on new instances but will continue to be supported. For details, see the [Deprecation Process \[KB0867184\]](https://support.servicenow.com/kb_view.do?sysparm_article=KB0867184) article in the Now Support Knowledge Base.

## Procedure

1.  Perform either one of the following actions:

    -   Navigate to **Community** > **Homepage**. Open **Browse Community Forums** and then select the forum.
    -   Navigate to **Community** > **All Forums** and then select the forum in the list. If you requested membership earlier, the status of your request appears.
2.  Click **Request Access**.

    If approval is required, **Status** changes to **Requested**. You receive an approval or rejection email. If approved, you are immediately subscribed to the forum and **Status** changes to **Private Member**.

    If no approval is required, the request is auto-approved and **Status** changes to **Private Member**.

3.  To cancel a request, point to the **Requested** status and click **Cancel**.

4.  To leave a forum, click **...** within the forum and then select **Leave Forum**.

    **Status** changes to **Request Access**.


**Parent Topic:**[Using communities](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/customer-service-management/communities/using-communities.md)

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