
To go into *Connections*, hover your cursor over the display username (for example, John Kelvin) on the administration bar, then click *Profile* > *Connections* in the left pane; or hover your cursor over *People* on the Administration bar, and select *Connections*.

The Connections page lists all contacts who accepted as your contacts and who are waiting for your acceptance and contacts in request.

!images/Network_information.png|align="center"!

The *Network* pane lists users who have established connections with you. You can remove these connections by clicking !images/RemoveContactButton.png!.	

The *Incoming* pane lists users inviting you to connect with them. You can click !images/Accept_Invitation_Icon.png! to accept being as his/her contact or!images/Deny_invitation_connection_icon! to refuse.

The *Outgoing* pane lists users to whom you have sent requests for becoming your contacts. You can also click !images/Revoke_request_icon.png! to revoke your request.

Also, by clicking *People* on the administration bar, you can see all contacts who use eXo Social in the *People Found* pane. In this page, you can do many various actions as presented in the following image.

!images/People_Interface.png|align="center"!

h1. Search for your contact {anchor:id=search_contacts}

To find your desired contact quickly, use the *Search* function. To search for contacts, do as follows:

*1.* Select the relevant tab in which you want to do your searches.

* To search across all users in eXo Social, select the *People* tab.

* To reduce the returned search results, select the appropriate tab first before using the search box. For example, to search for contacts with whom you have established connections, you need to select the *Network* tab first. 

*2.* Enter the contact name you want to search into the *Find contact* field. When you type, the application automatically suggests the contact name containing your entered letter. You just need to select one of suggested names from the drop-down list.

!images/Filter_search.png|align=center!

* To do advanced lookups for your entered name, click *More*. This option allows you to filter your contacts by positions, skills and gender. 

* To stop doing advanced lookups, click *Hide*.

*2.* Click !images/Search_icon.png! to find your contact. The results will be listed in the *People Found* pane.

h1. Send connection requests {anchor:Send_connection_requests}

You easily send a request following one of two ways:

*1.* Hover your cursor over *People* on the Administration bar, then select *Directory*.
All users will be listed in the *People Found* pane.

*2.* Invite your desired contact via one of two ways:

*The first way*: Click !images/Invite_Connenct_icon.png! to send your connection request.


*The second way*: Click the contact name to go to his/her profile and then click *Invite to connect* under the avatar in the left pane.

The text !images/Invited_to_connect_status.png! is then displayed next to the contact name and the icon !images/Invite_Connenct_icon.png! will be turned into !images/Revoke_request_icon.png! automatically. This means that your connection request is in the pending status until the invited contact confirms it.

h2. Revoke a connection request {anchor:Revoke_connection_request}
To remove your request, simply click !images/Revoke_request_icon.png! or click the name of contact and select *Revoke* under the avatar in the contact's profile.

h2. Accept/Deny a connection request {anchor:Accept_refuse_request}
You can find all the connection requests in the *People Found* pane. You can click !images/Accept_invitation_icon.png! to accept the request,
 or !images/Deny_invitation_connection_icon.png! to deny. 

h2. Disconnect from your contacts {anchor:Disconect}

In the *Network* or *People* tab, you can remove connections with the users you do not want to be as your contacts anymore via one of two following ways: 

!images/Ways_remove_connections.png!

*The first way*: Click !images/Remove_connection_icon.png! to remove your established connections.


*The second way*: Click the contact name to go to the profile page and then click the *Disconnect the connection to Mary Kelly* text to remove the connection.

!images/Disconnect_in_profile.png!

