# Managing user accounts
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User accounts can only be managed by a registry Administrator.
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Registry administrators can access, deactivate, manage and edit the accounts of registry users, as well as invite new users to the platform.
## How to access user accounts
As an Administrator of the Registry you have the ability to manage user accounts.
To access user accounts:
1\. From your Dashboard side panel, select .
2\. Select from the Manage Registry list, and from here you will see a list of all the users within the Registry.
### Inviting new users
From the Current members of the Registry page:
1\. Select
2\. Fill in emails of users you would like to invite to the Registry. Make sure you only put one email per line.
3\. Select once done and the users will receive an activation email.
### Deactivating a user
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When a user has been deactivated they will no longer be able to log into the Registry.
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From the Current members of the Registry page:
1. Search for the name of the user you wish to deactivate in the search bar.
2\. Select the button next to the users name and then 'Deactivate this user'.
3\. You will receive a warning page before deactivating a users account.
4\. Select and the user will be deactivated in the Registry.
### Managing user accounts
#### Permissions
From the Current members of the Registry page:
1\. Select the button next to the user's name and then 'Change site-wide permissions'.
2\. You will be able to change the user's permissions for the whole Registry:
### Sandbox
From the Current members of the Registry page:
1\. Select the button next to the users name and then 'View profile'.
You will be taken to the user's Profile page:
2\. Under 'Actions', select and you will be taken to a view of the users Sandbox.
### Edit user profile
From the 'Current members of this Registry' page:
1\. Select the button next to the users name and then 'Edit profile'.
You will be able to edit:\
The users email address, the user's full name, the users display name and the users profile picture.
2\. Once done, select 'Save Changes'.
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