# Updating the role for an existing user account

## Introduction

When a [new user account is created](/product-documentation/users-roles-and-permissions/creating-a-new-user-account-for-your-company-profile.md), assigning them a role is part of the initial account creation process. If you are a user with an [administrator or manager role](/product-documentation/users-roles-and-permissions/roles-and-permissions-summary.md), you can change the role(s) for an existing user account - the following rules apply:

<table><thead><tr><th width="266">Your role</th><th>Allowed role changes </th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Administrator</td><td><ul><li>Can promote accounts to roles up to and including <code>manager</code> level  (e.g. change a <code>user</code> account to a <code>manager</code> account).</li><li>Can reduce other non-administrator accounts to a lesser role (e.g. change a <code>manager</code> account to a <code>user</code> account).</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>Manager</td><td><ul><li>Can promote accounts to roles up to and including <code>user</code> level  (e.g. change a <code>read-only</code> account to a <code>user</code> account).</li><li>Can reduce other non-manager accounts to a lesser role (e.g. change a <code>user</code> account to a <code>read-only</code> account).</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table>

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For more information please see our [Roles & permissions summary](/product-documentation/users-roles-and-permissions/roles-and-permissions-summary.md) page.
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## **The steps**

**Step 1**\
[Access the user list for your company profile](/product-documentation/users-roles-and-permissions/viewing-all-users-for-your-company-profile.md).

**Step 2**\
Move down to the **extra** section - you'll see a **\[company] users** tab showing all existing user accounts. At a glance you can see each user's name, email address and role - click the name of the user that you want to update:

<div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/8Ih8DBlLnVtfbOSWfXtl" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>

**Step 3**\
Move down to the **roles** tab and assign (and/or remove) roles as needed using the appropriate **assign role** / **remove role** buttons:

<figure><img src="/files/7JjhJwpFfwjhMeSp4tA5" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

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The role associated with a user determines the level of access that they have within the Patchworks dashboard - for more information please see our [Roles & permissions summary](/product-documentation/users-roles-and-permissions/roles-and-permissions-summary.md) page.
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**Step 4**\
Save changes.


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