The feature described in this Help topic is available only if any of the following versions of both Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 are installed: Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), Japanese, or Korean.

1. In an Internet browser, open the site where you will deactivate Group Approval.
2. Click the Site Actions tab on the top right side of the screen. If the tab is not shown, make sure that you are logged in as administrator.
3. Click Site Settings from the listed commands to go to the Site Settings page. The information about the current site is displayed on the top of the screen. You may have to click Site Settings and Modify All Site Settings again according to the templates applied to sites.
4. Under Site Administration, click Site features to go to the Site Features page.
5. Click Deactivate next to Group Approval from the listed Site features.
6. To go to the Site collection features page, go back to the Site Settings page, and click Site collection features under Site Collection Administration.
7. Click Deactivate next to Group Approval from the listed site collection features. Now, the Site Settings page no longer displays the Group Approval Administration section. However, the server still retains the contents and the structure, allowing you to view the stored files although Group Approval is deactivated. When you activate the site later, you can pick up right where you left off.