Join a workspace

How to search for a workspace and ask to join

Who can use thisMembers and Super Admins

If you do not have a code, you can look for a public workspace by name and ask to join it. An administrator then decides whether to let you in.

Fill in the sign-up form. On the How would you like to get started? screen, choose Search Workspace and tap Continue.
Search Workspace chosen
On this screen
- Three options – Create a Workspace, Join with Code and Search Workspace.
- Search Workspace – Find a public workspace by name and request to join it. Its radio button is ticked and the card has a blue outline.
- Continue – the blue button.
Type part of the workspace's name.
Search for a workspace
On this screen
- Heading – Search for a workspace, with Find a public workspace by name and request to join it. underneath.
- Search box – Search by workspace name, with a magnifier at the left. An × appears at the right once you type.
- Before you type – a globe picture and Start typing to find a workspace.
- Previous – goes back to the three options.
The matching workspaces appear.
Search results
On this screen
- Result card – the workspace's initial, its name (Guide Demo Co) and how many people are in it (2 members).
- Request to Join – the blue button on the right.
- Only public workspaces show up in a search.
Tap Request to Join. The app asks you to confirm.
Confirm the request
On this screen
- Question – Request to join? and We'll create your account and send a request to join Guide Demo Co. An admin will need to approve it before you get access.
- Cancel – goes back to the results.
- Request to join – sends the request.
Verify your email with the code SecureID sends you. The steps are the same as when you create a workspace; see Verify your email.
The verification email
On this screen
- Subject – Verify your SecureID email address.
- The code – six digits in a grey box (hidden in this picture).
When the email is verified, a waiting screen shows the state of your request.
Waiting for admin approval
On this screen
- Heading – Waiting for admin approval, with Your request to join Guide Demo Co was sent successfully. We'll notify you when an administrator approves it.
- Workspace row – its name and an orange Pending label.
- Three steps – Details verified (ticked), Approval pending and Access granted.
- Notice – You'll receive a notification when your access is approved.
- Back to sign in – leaves this screen.

Until you are approved

If you sign in before the administrator has decided, you see the same waiting screen.

Approval (administrator)

The administrator sees the request in Approvals → Join Requests.

Open Approvals and tap Join Requests. A number on the tab shows how many are waiting.
The request in Approvals
On this screen
- The request – the person's name and email, and how long ago it came in (3m ago).
- Reason line – a short label that says how the person asked, here through the search.
- Reject and Approve – the red and the green button.
Tap Approve. The list is empty again.
No pending requests
On this screen
- Empty state – No pending join requests. New requests will appear here.

After you are approved

Sign in. The workspace is yours, and a notification waits in the bell.
The approval notification
On this screen
- Notification – You've been approved to join Guide Demo Co, with Your join request has been approved underneath.
- Blue dot and bar – it has not been read yet.
- Bell – a red badge with the count.
- Page behind – the workspace's welcome page, Let's build Guide Demo Co together.

See Your first day in inLynk for what to do next.

Last updated 2026-10-23