Manage friend requests

A friend request stays pending until it's answered. This is where you accept the requests people send you, decline the ones you don't want, and withdraw a request you sent by mistake.

🖥 Web
📱 Mobile

Click Profile in the navigation, then open the Friends panel.

Open the Pending tab.

Screenshot coming soon

The Pending tab of the Friends panel showing received (Accept/Refuse) and Sent requests

Capture spec (for maintainers)

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        "call": "open"
      }
    },
    {
      "click": {
        "text": "Pending"
      }
    }
  ],
  "clip": {
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For a request someone sent you, click Accept to become friends or Refuse to decline.
For a request you sent, it shows Sent — click the cancel (X) icon next to it to withdraw the request.

Open your profile and tap Friends.

Pending requests appear at the top of the list under Pending friend requests.

Screenshot coming soon

The Pending friend requests section at the top of the mobile friends list

Capture spec (for maintainers)

{
  "id": "mobile.profile-and-friends.manage-friend-requests.pending-section",
  "platform": "mobile",
  "route": "/users/me/friends",
  "actions": [
    {
      "assertVisible": {
        "text": "Pending friend requests"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Tap Accept or Refuse on a request someone sent you.
Tap the cancel icon on a request you sent to withdraw it.

tip

Accepting a request adds the person to your friends list on every device in real time, and opens the door to a private chat with them.

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