# Sample clearance follow-up
Source: https://docs.aden.space/docs/help/more/sample-clearance

Track who you are waiting on to clear each sample in a track, keep the contact and next chase date on the sample, research the owner with an AI chat, draft the request email and hand the rights holder a listen-only share link.
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## Clearing a sample [#clearing-a-sample]

Open the track, go to Collaborators, then Samples. Samples still waiting on a yes are listed at the top with who you are chasing and when to chase again.

If the desktop app syncs the project for this track, **Choose from project or library** attaches the exact file you used without uploading it again. It also searches your team's sample libraries.

On each sample:

1. **Research** asks ChatGPT, Claude or Perplexity who owns the sample and who to contact to clear it.
2. **Add contact** saves the person, their label or publisher, their email and the date you want to follow up.
3. **Create listen link** makes a private, listen-only link to your song and copies it.
4. **Draft email** opens your mail app with the request written and the listen link included.
5. **Mark contacted** records the date and plans the next chase a week out.

Overdue follow-ups turn red in the list. Once the master and publishing status are set to Cleared, the sample leaves the list.