# How To Copy Administrator Rights To Another User

## How to get there?

Click on System Administration (1), then with you cursor hover over System Administration (2) | Users (3) | Manage Users (4).

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- Click on the action button (6).
- A small window will open.
- Select View / Edit (7).
- Navigate to and click on Copy User Rights (8).

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<div data-article-id="1075615" data-workflow="false" id="bkmrk--0"><div data-article-id="1075615" data-workflow="false"><div data-role="steps-container"><div data-step-uuid="4fb2adeb-119d-4958-b1bc-e85d8832614c"><div></div><div>![](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/002/380/055/original/f5f61dce-7aa0-4723-bceb-9b22d382548e.png)</div></div><div data-step-uuid="4d53d494-2674-46a7-9a9e-73fa4b63129f"></div></div></div></div>## <svg aria-label="Heading anchor" enable-background="new 0 0 20 20" height="16" role="img" viewbox="0 0 20 20" width="16" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"></svg>What to do?

<div data-article-id="1075615" data-workflow="false" id="bkmrk-select-the-from-user"><div data-article-id="1075615" data-workflow="false"><div data-article-id="1075615" data-workflow="false"><div data-role="steps-container"><div data-step-uuid="4d53d494-2674-46a7-9a9e-73fa4b63129f"><div>- Select the From User (1) the user with the administration rights to be copied.
- Select To User (2) the user that will receive the administration rights.
- Then click on Copy User Rights (3).

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<div data-article-id="1075615" data-workflow="false" id="bkmrk--2"><div data-article-id="1075615" data-workflow="false"><div data-role="steps-container"><div data-step-uuid="4d53d494-2674-46a7-9a9e-73fa4b63129f"><div></div><div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="callout info">Please note: The user receiving the rights WILL LOSE all previously assigned rights and receive ONLY the rights being copied. (4)</p>

<div data-article-id="1075615" data-workflow="false" id="bkmrk-click-on-ok-%285%29-when"><div data-article-id="1075615" data-workflow="false"><div data-article-id="1075615" data-workflow="false"><div data-role="steps-container"><div data-step-uuid="4d53d494-2674-46a7-9a9e-73fa4b63129f"><div></div><div>- Click on OK (5) when you have read the warning.

</div><div>![](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/002/380/061/original/7b5122e5-39e5-44f1-8efd-64398425d76d.png)</div><div>- Ensure that the Successfully Saved (6) message displays.
- The rights are now copied please verify that the user has received all the copied rights

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<div data-article-id="1075615" data-workflow="false" id="bkmrk--4"><div data-article-id="1075615" data-workflow="false"><div data-role="steps-container"><div data-step-uuid="4d53d494-2674-46a7-9a9e-73fa4b63129f"><div></div></div><div data-step-uuid="31ed712e-454e-43af-9539-e212cc2868cf"></div></div></div></div>## <svg aria-label="Heading anchor" enable-background="new 0 0 20 20" height="16" role="img" viewbox="0 0 20 20" width="16" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"></svg>Verify that the administrator rights were copied

<div data-article-id="1075615" data-workflow="false" id="bkmrk-navigate-back-to-the"><div data-article-id="1075615" data-workflow="false"><div data-role="steps-container"><div data-step-uuid="31ed712e-454e-43af-9539-e212cc2868cf"><div>- Navigate back to the users search menu by clicking on Users (1).

</div><div>![](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/002/380/065/original/a410fe85-e938-475d-8dec-c65e4836dbce.png)</div><div>- Using the search dialogue boxes search for the user who received the administrator rights (2).
- Click on Action (3).
- A small window will open.
- Click on View / Edit (4).

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<div data-article-id="1075615" data-workflow="false" id="bkmrk-navigate-to-each-of-"><div data-role="steps-container"><div data-step-uuid="31ed712e-454e-43af-9539-e212cc2868cf"><div></div><div>- Navigate to each of the relevant menus to ensure that the rights were copied (5).

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