Connections, connection requests and blocking
Connect with people from your clubs, accept or decline requests – and decide who may reach you.
CommunicationBasic (free)Checked on 30.10.2026
Prerequisites
- You are signed in
- You are a member of at least one club or group to see suggestions
Who may do this?
Everyone manages their own network. Only adults from your own clubs, groups and associations are suggested. Child accounts need the “Send connection requests” permission.
Step by step
Open the network
Choose “My network”. The tabs are “My connections”, “Requests” and “Suggestions”.
Send a request
Under “Suggestions” (or via the name search) choose “Connect” for a person. The person learns your name and profile picture; the request shows as “Pending” for you and can be taken back with “Withdraw”.
Answer a request
Under “Requests” you see which club you are both members of. Choose “Accept” or “Decline”. When you accept, the person sees everything you shared as “Only my connections” – retroactively too.
Remove or block
Via “More actions” choose “Remove connection” (for both of you) or “Block”. The person is not notified; you find blocked people under “Settings → Communication → Blocked people” and can lift the block there.
Set reachability
Under “Settings → Communication” you set “Who can write to me”, “Who can send me connection requests”, “Who can tag me in posts” and “Who may call me?”.
You can find the feature here: /netzwerk
Common errors and solutions
- “The request could not be sent.”
- The person only allows requests from certain circles, or you do not know each other through a shared club. For privacy reasons the message gives no details.
- I do not want to be found at all.
- The communication setting only controls who may contact you. Additionally switch off discoverability in search under “Privacy”.
Good to know
- CLUP.life evaluates neither your address book nor your behavior for suggestions.
- Video calls are never recorded; only the fact that a call took place is stored (time, duration, participants).