If you uncheck that setting so that approval is not required, then you don’t need to approve anyone. Even though you can see the list of pending users by putting the url in your browser like you did, that list doesn’t matter.
If you uncheck that setting so that approval is not required, then you don’t need to approve anyone. Even though you can see the list of pending users by putting the url in your browser like you did, that list doesn’t matter.