Although only one main admin of a Business or Enterprise account can exist, you can share some administrative duties by granting co-admin privileges to as many users as you like. Co-admins have access to the Admin Console, and are able to perform many of the same actions as the main account admin.
Co-Admin Permissions contains information about the permissions available for the co-admin role. Understanding Administrator and Co-Administrator Permissions includes FAQs about permissions and administrator types.
Note
Business Plus and above accounts have the ability to selectively choose which co-admin permissions to assign to a user. Business accounts do not have this option, and have only the ability to designate someone as a co-admin.
To grant a user co-admin permissions:
- Go to Admin Console > Users & Groups.
- Click the Managed Users tab.
- Click the name of a managed user with a Role of Member.
- Hover over the Role and Access Permissions section and click Edit (
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- In the Role drop-down list, select Co-Admin.
- Select which co-admin permissions you want the user to have. For example:
To determine if your admin needs other permissions, review the complete Co-Admin permissions list. - Click Save.
Note
A user cannot be both a co-admin and a group admin. When you make a user a co-admin, they become just members of any group that they are in where they were group admin.
To modify co-admin permissions:
- Go to Admin Console > Users & Groups.
- Click the Managed Users tab.
- Click the name of a managed user with a Role of Co-Admin.
- Hover over the Role and Access Permissions section and click Edit (
- Select which permissions you want the co-admin to have and clear the permissions you do not want the co-admin to have. See Co-Admin Permissions for details about each permission.
- Click Save.
As a co-admin, you only have access to folders you own or collaborate on, and you might not see all of the managed/external user folders under Folder Collaborations in the Admin Console. Contact your admin for more information.