Controlled Admin Permissions

Controlled Admin Permissions are an Enterprise feature. Learn more about the Enterprise plan here.

• Overview
• Enterprise Admin Permissions
• Account Owners
• Grant Admin Permissions
• Control Admin Permissions

Overview

Admins are users with extended permissions. There are two types of admins: regular admins and account owners. An account owner’s permissions cannot be edited, but you can modify* a regular admin’s permissions and give them all or some of the available permissions. Permissions are controlled from the User Management Chart 1. 

*Please note, Controlled Admin Permissions was released on 4/4/16. Users who were given admin permissions before this release retained all permissions, except the ability to grant admin permissions to other users. Account owners retained all of their permissions (including the ability to grant admin permissions). Read below for details on how to edit an admin’s permissions.

Enterprise Admin Permissions

For Enterprise subscriptions with controlled admin permissions, permissions are grouped into categories.

*Checked by default when you make someone an admin. Read below to learn how to edit an admin’s permissions.

Account Owners

Account owners on Enterprise subscriptions have all of the permissions described above, and in addition, can:

• edit payment information
• choose a billing plan
• access invoices
• cancel the subscription

Grant Admin Permissions

The account owner, and admins with system administrator rights, can grant admin permissions to other users.

1. Click on your profile image in the upper right-hand corner of your Workspace.
2. Select “Account Management”.
3. The “Users and Groups” tab opens by default and you see a list of all users in the account. 1
4. Click the name or profile image of the user you would like to make an admin. 2
5. Click on the dropdown field indicating their current user type. 3
6. Select “Admin”.
7. Check the box next to a permission category to give a user the ability to perform the associated functions. If a box is unchecked the user will not have the permissions associated with that category. 4
8. Click “Apply”. 5

You will be prompted to enter your login credentials and then your changes will go into effect immediately. An email is sent to: the newly created admin, the account owner, and all other users with the ability to make users admins.

Control Admin Permissions

To edit admin permissions, you must have the right to grant admin permissions to other users:

• Only the account owner can edit the permissions of admins who have system administrator rights.
• Admins with system administrator rights can edit permissions for admins who do not have system administrator rights.
• You cannot edit your own admin permissions.

Edit admin permissions:

1. Click on your profile image in the upper right-hand corner of your Workspace.
2. Select “Account Management”.
3. Click on the “Users and Groups” tab. 1
4. Click on the name or profile image of the user whose admin permissions you would like to edit. 2
5. Select “Permissions”. 3
6. Check a box to grant a user the permissions associated with that category. If a box is unchecked the user will not have the permissions associated with that category. 4
7. Click “Apply”. 5

You will be prompted to enter your login credentials and then your changes will go into effect immediately. An email is sent to: the newly created admin, the account owner, and all other users with the ability to make users admins.