---
title: "How to prevent an approved entry from being edited"
date: 2026-04-23
author: "GravityKit"
link: "https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/edit-entry/how-to-prevent-an-approved-entry-from-being-edited/"
---

Sometimes we want to prevent an entry from being modified by the user when another person already approves it. That's easily achievable by using a combination of the `[gvlogic]` shortcode, the `{approval_status}` Merge Tag, and the `[gv_entry_link]` shortcode.

 Here's how to hide the link to the Edit Entry page using a Custom Content field:

![Code snippet showing conditional logic to prevent editing of approved entries](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-uflPiW4DKh.png)
*Here's the code we used:*
```
[gvlogic if="{approval_status}" isnot="approved"]
	[gv_entry_link action="edit"]
[/gvlogic]
```

```
[gvlogic if="{approval_status}" isnot="approved"]
	[gv_entry_link action="edit"]
[/gvlogic]
```

 Now in our View, we'll only see the Edit Entry link for entries that haven't been approved yet:

![Table showing approval status, first and last names, and edit options](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-93N4Z1WbH8.png)