# What does “Mark as reviewed” mean? **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** question\ **Created:** [October 9, 2019, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-does-mark-as-reviewed-mean/7106 "2019-10-09T13:39:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![charmedlife](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/charmedlife/32/4898_2.png) [@charmedlife](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/charmedlife)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-does-mark-as-reviewed-mean/7106/1 "2019-10-09T13:39:41Z")
What does “Mark as reviewed” mean, particularly as it applies to items that have NOT been identified by an additional iNaturalist member? What does unchecking the box do? ---
**Author:** ![reuvenm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/reuvenm/32/65_2.png) [@reuvenm](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/reuvenm)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-does-mark-as-reviewed-mean/7106/2 "2019-10-09T13:43:22Z")
Items that you have marked as reviewed will not show up in Identify mode for you in the future. It will not affect what anybody else sees. ---
**Author:** ![charmedlife](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/charmedlife/32/4898_2.png) [@charmedlife](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/charmedlife)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-does-mark-as-reviewed-mean/7106/3 "2019-10-09T15:36:03Z")
Thank you! I’ve noticed that the box seems to be automatically checked when I add an identification—does that impact the likely hood that another identifier will verify/disagree with my identification? ---
**Author:** ![schoenitz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/schoenitz/32/56_2.png) [@schoenitz](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/schoenitz)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-does-mark-as-reviewed-mean/7106/4 "2019-10-09T15:41:12Z")
It has literally no effect on anybody else. It’s a check mark for you only to indicate that you’ve looked at the observation and presumably don’t need to revisit it. ---
**Author:** ![charmedlife](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/charmedlife/32/4898_2.png) [@charmedlife](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/charmedlife)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-does-mark-as-reviewed-mean/7106/5 "2019-10-09T18:01:54Z")
Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![arboretum\_amy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/arboretum_amy/32/2328_2.png) [@arboretum\_amy](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/arboretum_amy)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-does-mark-as-reviewed-mean/7106/6 "2019-10-09T19:25:49Z")
It’s like the iNat equivalent of an email inbox marking opened emails as read. ---
**Author:** ![daturademon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/daturademon/32/40004_2.png) [@daturademon](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/daturademon)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-does-mark-as-reviewed-mean/7106/7 "2019-10-09T19:57:40Z")
I’m glad someone asked this. I was wondering the same thing. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![velosteve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9adbd/32.png) [@velosteve](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/velosteve)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-does-mark-as-reviewed-mean/7106/8 "2019-11-09T16:41:47Z")
Thanks! I was afraid to add comments to my observations because I didn’t know what that box might do. I searched all the tabs of “getting started” as well as the FAQ without finding the word “reviewed”. Perhaps it should be there. Another idea: a search function within the help pages of the site. The one here on the forum worked perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/7/7831452cf7f0d653ff1ffd34176334b7ef1b6a17.png) [@system](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-does-mark-as-reviewed-mean/7106/9 "2020-01-08T16:42:14Z")
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