# Change Secret Santa participants or redraw names

Review the participant list before drawing names. After a draw, changing the group can affect existing assignments, so tell participants before using a redraw or other management action.

## Before the draw

Open the exchange's participant area as an organizer. Check names, invitations, declined participants and exclusions. Correct mistakes before drawing. Pending invitations and name-only participants can be included in the draw if they have not declined; an unanswered invitation is not automatically excluded.

Use the available invite and participant management actions to make changes. Check the saved participant list instead of assuming that closing an invite dialog sent everyone an invitation.

## Redraw carefully

If **Redraw** is available, open it and read the confirmation. A redraw replaces assignments; people may receive a different recipient and may already have bought gifts. Coordinate with the group before confirming.

Afterward, ask participants to reopen their own match in the exchange rather than rely on an old email or screenshot. A redraw is not an order cancellation or a refund for gifts already bought.

## Help someone with access

Ask the participant to sign in and use their own personal invitation. A participant invited by name only still signs in and claims their own name; it is not account-free match access. Do not give them another person's private invitation or match link. Follow [Join Secret Santa](https://giftlist.com/help/join-secret-santa) for access problems.

Related: [Set exclusions](https://giftlist.com/help/secret-santa-exclusions), [organize an exchange](https://giftlist.com/help/organize-secret-santa).