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# Cloudflare: add an Access policy to an application — Zero Trust → Access controls → Applications → app → Configure → Policies

## Steps
1. (Optional, to make a reusable policy first) In the Cloudflare dashboard, go to **Zero Trust** > **Access controls** > **Policies**, select **Add a policy**, name it, choose an **Action**, a session duration, and rules, then **Save**.
2. Go to **Zero Trust** > **Access controls** > **Applications**.
3. Locate the application and select **Configure**.
4. Go to the **Policies** tab.
5. Under **Access policies**, add an existing policy or create a new one inline.

## End state
The application now enforces that policy: Access applications are deny-by-default, so a user must match an Allow policy on the application to be granted access. Policies are reusable across multiple applications.

Source: vendor documentation dated 2026-06-08, fetched 2026-10-29; not observed in a live UI.

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