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# Act on Several Applications at Once
Approve, unapprove, track, untrack, assign admins, merge, or delete many applications in one go from the selection bar.
## Steps
1. Open **Applications** and tick the box of each application you want to act on. You can tick rows on several pages and after sorting; the selection is kept.
2. The selection bar appears at the bottom of the window and stays there however far you scroll, with the count of selected rows on the left.
3. Choose an action:
| Action | What it does |
| --------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Approve** / **Unapprove** | Sets the approval status of every selected application |
| **Track** / **Untrack** | Includes the applications in, or removes them from, your managed inventory. The button shows **Track** when every selected application is untracked, **Untrack** otherwise |
| **Unapprove & Untrack** | Both at once, for applications that should leave the inventory |
| **Assign Admins** | Opens the owners dialog to add application admins to every selected row |
| **Merge** | Combines two or more entries into one. Greyed out below two selections, with the reason in a tooltip. Admins only |
| **Delete** (trash icon) | Removes the selected applications after a confirmation |
4. To start over, click the **×** at the right end of the bar. The selection is cleared, including rows ticked on other pages.
## Expected result
The list refreshes when the action completes and nothing stays selected, so the next selection starts clean. A toast confirms that the action was applied, or tells you it failed so you can try again; nothing is changed on screen until the server has answered.
{% hint style="info" %}
**Vendors** has the same bar with **Merge** only. See [Merge duplicate vendors](/docs/tutorials/merge-duplicate-vendors.md).
{% endhint %}
## Related guides
* [Applications](/docs/inventory/applications.md#bulk-actions)
* [Merge duplicate applications](/docs/tutorials/merge-duplicate-applications.md)
* [Authorization categories](/docs/inventory/applications/authorization-categories.md)
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