A person's role decides what they can do on your site. Changing it takes about a minute, and you can switch it back just as easily.

## Before you start

- An administrator account for your site — changing someone else's role is an administrator job
- The name or username of the person you want to change

## Steps

### Step 1: Open the person's profile

In the dashboard sidebar, click **Users**. Find the person in the list and click their username.

![Open the person's profile](https://wordpress.supportpages.io/rails/active_storage/blobs/proxy/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTAyMzYsInB1ciI6ImJsb2JfaWQifX0=--1d3372c5c82020153eb8c7aa88936f0d95d1a7a7/block_open-profile.png)

### Step 2: Pick the new role

In the **Name** section, open the **Role** dropdown and choose the role you want them to have.

![Pick the new role](https://wordpress.supportpages.io/rails/active_storage/blobs/proxy/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTAyMzUsInB1ciI6ImJsb2JfaWQifX0=--fa0f8edbbff180578ca208cec67e3c53045105aa/block_choose-role.png)

### Step 3: Save the change

Scroll to the bottom of the page and click **Update User**. You'll see **User updated** at the top once it's done.

![Save the change](https://wordpress.supportpages.io/rails/active_storage/blobs/proxy/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTAyMzcsInB1ciI6ImJsb2JfaWQifX0=--64e5ecb98a2655f1c85500dd8556fe1f68f2525b/block_save-role.png)

## Good to know

- The **Role** dropdown lists the roles available on your site — by default that's Administrator, Editor, Author, Contributor, and Subscriber.
- Choosing **— No role for this site —** takes away their access without deleting their account.
- You can change a role as often as you need — nothing the person has written or uploaded is removed.

## Summary

Open the person from the **Users** list, pick their new role, and click **Update User**. That's the whole job — you can revisit it any time.