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title: "Manage permissions"
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description: "Learn how to use global and object permissions in authentik."
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Refer to the following topics for instructions to view and manage permissions.
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## View permissions
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You can view all permissions that are assigned to a user, group, role, flow, or stage.
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### View user and role permissions
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To view _object_ permissions for a specific user or role:
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1. Go to the Admin interface and navigate to **Directory**.
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2. Select either **Users** or **Roles**
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3. Select a specific user/role by clicking on the name (this opens the details page).
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4. Click the **Permissions** tab at the top of the page
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5. Select the **Assigned global permissions** sub-tab to see global permissions and the **Assigned object permissions** sub-tab to see the object-level permissions.
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### View flow permissions
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\_These instructions apply to all objects that have a detail page, which can be accessed by clicking on the name in the list page.\_\_
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1. Go to the Admin interface and navigate to **Flows and Stages -> Flows**.
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2. Click the name of the flow (this opens the details page).
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3. Click the **Permissions** tab at the top of the page.
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4. View the assigned permissions using the **User Object Permissions** and the **Role Object Permissions** tabs.
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### View stage permissions
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\_These instructions apply to all objects that **do not** have a detail page.\_\_
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1. Go to the Admin interface and navigate to **Flows and Stages -> Stages**.
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2. On the row for the specific stage whose permissions you want to view, click the **lock icon**.
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3. On the **Update Permissions** window, you can view the assigned permissions using the **User Object Permissions** and the **Role Object Permissions** tabs.
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## Manage permissions
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You can assign or remove permissions to a user, role, group, flow, or stage.
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### Assign, modify, or remove permissions for a user
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To assign or remove _object_ permissions for a specific user:
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1. Go to the Admin interface and navigate to **Directory -> Users**.
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2. Select a specific user by clicking on the user's name.
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3. Click the **Permissions** tab at the top of the page.
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4. To assign or remove permissions that another _user_ has on this specific user:
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1. Click the **User Object Permissions** tab, and then click **Assign to new user**.
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2. In the **User** drop-down, select the user object.
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3. Use the toggles to set which permissions on that selected user object you want to grant to (or remove from) the specific user.
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4. Click **Assign** to save your settings and close the modal.
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5. To assign or remove permissions that another _role_ has on this specific user:
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1. Click the **Role Object Permissions** tab, and then click **Assign to new role**.
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2. In the **User** drop-down, select the user object.
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3. Use the toggles to set which permissions you want to grant to (or remove from) the selected role.
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4. Click **Assign** to save your settings and close the modal.
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To assign or remove _global_ permissions for a user:
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1. Go to the Admin interface and navigate to **Directory -> Users**.
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2. Select a specific user the clicking on the user's name.
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3. Click the **Permissions** tab at the top of the page.
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4. Click **Assigned Global Permissions** to the left.
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5. In the **Assign permissions** area, click **Assign Permission**.
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6. In the **Assign permission to user** modal box, click the plus sign (**+**) and then click the checkbox beside each permission that you want to assign to the user. To remove permissions, deselect the checkbox.
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7. Click **Add**, and then click **Assign** to save your changes and close the modal.
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### Assign or remove permissions on a specific group
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:::info
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Note that groups themselves do not have permissions. Rather, users and roles have permissions assigned that allow them to create, modify, delete, etc., a group.
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Also there are no global permissions for groups.
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:::
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To assign or remove _object_ permissions on a specific group by users and roles:
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1. Go to the Admin interface and navigate to **Directory -> Groups**.
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2. Select a specific group by clicking the group's name.
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3. Click the **Permissions** tab at the top of the page.
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To assign or remove permissions that another _user_ has on this specific group:
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1. Click **User Object Permissions** to the left, and then click **Assign to new user**.
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2. In the **User** drop-down, select the user object.
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3. Use the toggles to set which permissions on that selected group you want to grant to (or remove from) the specific user.
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4. Click **Assign** to save your settings and close the modal.
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4. To assign or remove permissions that another _role_ has on this specific group:
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1. Click **Role Object Permissions** to the left, and then click **Assign to new role**.
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2. In the **Role** drop-down, select the role.
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3. Use the toggles to set which permissions you want to grant to (or remove from ) the selected role.
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4. Click **Assign** to save your settings and close the modal.
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### Assign or remove permissions for a specific role
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To assign or remove _object_ permissions for a specific role:
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1. Go to the Admin interface and navigate to **Directory -> Roles**.
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2. Select a specific role the clicking on the role's name.
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3. Click the **Permissions** tab at the top of the page.
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To assign or remove permissions that another _user_ has on this specific role:
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1. Click **User Object Permissions** to the left, and then click **Assign to new user**.
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2. In the **User** drop-down, select the user object.
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3. Use the toggles to set which permissions on that role you want to grant to (or remove from) the selected user.
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4. Click **Assign** to save your settings and close the modal.
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4. To assign or remove permissions that another _role_ has on this specific group:
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1. Click **Role Object Permissions** to the left, and then click **Assign to new role**.
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2. In the **Role** drop-down, select the role.
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3. Use the toggles to set which permissions you want to grant to (or remove from) the selected role.
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4. Click **Assign** to save your settings and close the modal.
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To assign or remove _global_ permissions for a role:
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1. Go to the Admin interface and navigate to **Directory -> Roles**.
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2. Select a specific role by clicking on the role's name.
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3. Click the **Permissions** tab at the top of the page.
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4. Click **Assigned Global Permissions** to the left, and then click **Assign Permission**.
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5. In the **Assign permissions to role** modal, click the plus sign (**+**) and then click the checkbox beside each permission that you want to assign to the role. To remove permissions, deselect the checkbox.
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6. Click **Assign** to save your changes and close the modal.
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### Assign or remove flow permissions
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1. Go to the Admin interface and navigate to **Flows and Stages -> Flows**.
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2. Click the name of the flow (this opens the details page).
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3. Click the **Permissions** tab at the top of the page.
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4. Add or remove permissions using the **User Object Permissions** and the **Role Object Permissions** tabs.
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### Assign or remove stage permissions
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1. Go to the Admin interface and navigate to **Flows and Stages -> Stagess**.
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2. On the row for the specific stage that you want to manage permissions, click the **lock icon**.
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3. On the **Update Permissions** modal window, you can add or remove the assigned permissions using the **User Object Permissions** and the **Role Object Permissions** tabs.
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