title: Manage Team — Edit a Team User
created at: Thu Oct 24 2024 08:43:14 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
updated at: Sat Feb 08 2025 14:22:50 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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# Manage Team — Edit a Team User
# Overview
!! Note
!! If the *Manage Team* feature does **not** appear, ask your system administrator to enable it in WHM’s [*Feature Manager*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/packages/feature-manager) interface (*WHM » Home » Package » Feature Manager*).
The *Edit a Team User* interface lets you edit an existing team user. It is part of the cPanel [*Manage Team*](https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/preferences/manage-team) interface (*cPanel » Home » Preferences » Manage Team*).
To edit a team user, click *Edit User* in the *List Team* table (*cPanel » Home » Preferences » Manage Team*). A new interface will appear. It displays the various settings for a team user, such as their username, password, role, and other settings.
# Edit a Team User
To edit a team user, change the desired settings:
1. Enter a new username for the existing team user in the *Username* text box. The username will always precede the cPanel account’s primary domain (for example, `
[email protected]`).
2. In the *Security Information* section, enter a secure password in the *Password* text box to reset the team user’s password. Or, click *Send a Password Reset Email* to send the team user an email to allow them to reset their password. For information on requirements for secure passwords, read our [*Password & Security*](https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/preferences/password-and-security/) documentation.
* If desired, click *Generate* to let the system create a secure password for you. The system will reveal this password. You can also click the more icon
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to select password complexity settings. The system will use these settings when it generates a new password.
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1. Enter the team user’s new email address in the *Contact Email* text box.
2. Select the desired options from the *Roles* menu to assign roles to a team user. If you do not assign roles to a team user, that team user will **only** be able to edit their personal account preferences. Roles are a set of privileges, features, files, or tasks that a team user can use.
!! Note\
Team users with *Email* and *Web* roles will have [MySQL user accounts](https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/preferences/manage-team-create-a-team-user/#mysql-and-team-users) , but they will **not** be able to access [phpMyAdmin](https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/databases/phpmyadmin/) .
| Role | Description |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| *Administrator* | This role enables a team user to access high-level tools and modify files in the team owner’s cPanel account. It includes all privileges connected to each of the other roles. |
| *Database* | This role enables a team user to access tools and modify files related to database management for the team owner’s cPanel account, such as [MySQL Manager](https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/databases/mysql-manager/) . |
| *Email* | This role enables a team user to access tools and modify files related to email administration for the team owner’s cPanel account, such as [email routing](https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/email/email-routing/) and [mailing lists](https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/email/mailing-lists/) . |
| *Web* | This role enables a team user to access tools and modify files related to website functionality, such as [Sitejet Builder](https://www.sitejet.io/en) , [Wordpress Toolkit](https://docs.cpanel.net/knowledge-base/cpanel-developed-plugins/wp-toolkit/) , and [bandwidth](https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/metrics/bandwidth/) . |
1. Select the *I have read and understood the security risk warning.* checkbox.
2. In the *Notes* text box, enter any notes related to the team user. The text box can contain up to 100 characters. This text box is optional.
3. Select the desired options from the *Services* menu to enable or disable the [*Email*](https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/email/email-accounts/) , [*File Transfer Protocol (FTP)*](https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/files/ftp-accounts/) , and [*Web Disk*](https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/files/web-disk/) services for the team user.
| Service | Description |
| --------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [*Email*](https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/email/email-accounts/) | This service gives the team user access to email for the cPanel account. To enable the *Email* service, set the toggle to *Enabled*, then set your desired [quota](https://docs.cpanel.net/knowledge-base/cpanel-product/cpanel-glossary/#quotas) . You may choose an unlimited quota or set a maximum number of megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), terabytes (TB), or petabytes (PB).<br />!! Important<br /> !! Due to mail server constraints, you **cannot** assign quotas that exceed 4,294,967,296 MB (4096 TB or 4 PB). Select *Unlimited* for quotas that exceed this amount.<br /> !! If your hosting provider defined a maximum email account quota for your account, you **cannot** select the *Unlimited* value. Instead, the interface displays the *Maximum* value. The *Quota* value **cannot** exceed this amount. |
| [*FTP*](https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/files/ftp-accounts/) | This service gives the team user access to website files for the cPanel account. To enable the *FTP* service, set the toggle to *Enabled*, then set your desired [quota](https://docs.cpanel.net/knowledge-base/cpanel-product/cpanel-glossary/#quotas) . You may choose an unlimited quota or set a maximum number of megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), terabytes (TB), or petabytes (PB). If desired, you may enter a name for the [home directory](https://docs.cpanel.net/knowledge-base/cpanel-product/cpanel-glossary/#home-directory) in the *Home Directory* text box.<br />!! Important<br /> !! The *FTP* service is **only** available if your hosting provider has enabled it.<br /> !! SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) uses your cPanel account’s shell access to transfer files. Team user accounts **cannot** use SFTP. For more information, read our [How To Configure Your SFTP Client](https://docs.cpanel.net/knowledge-base/ftp/how-to-configure-your-sftp-client) documentation.<br /> !! To view past FTP connections to your site, navigate to cPanel’s [*Raw Access*](https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/metrics/raw-access) interface (*cPanel » Home » Metrics » Raw Access*).<br /> !! If your server uses the [ProFTPD](http://www.proftpd.org/) FTP server, you **cannot** use quotas. Additionally, the *Manage Team* interface will not display the *Quota* setting. For more information, contact your hosting provider. |
| [*Web Disk*](https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/files/web-disk/) | This service allows the team user to manage and manipulate files on your server in multiple types of interfaces (for example, your computer, mobile device, or certain types of software). To enable the *Web Disk* service, set the toggle to *Enabled*. If desired, you may enter a name for the [home directory](https://docs.cpanel.net/knowledge-base/cpanel-product/cpanel-glossary/#home-directory) in the *Home Directory* text box. Then, set your desired permissions. You may choose either *Read-Write* or *Read-Only* permissions. You may also enable Digest Authentication.<br />!! Important<br /> !! You **must** enable Digest Authentication if you use Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8, or Windows 10 and you access Web Disk over a clear text, unencrypted connection. You do not need to enable Digest Authentication if you meet the following conditions:<br /> !! The domain has an [SSL certificate](https://docs.cpanel.net/knowledge-base/security/guide-to-ssl/#ssl-certificates) that a recognized certificate authority signed.<br /> !! You can connect to Web Disk with SSL over port `2078`.<br /> !! Do **not** enable Digest Authentication if the domain uses a signed SSL certificate. |
1. In the *Security Settings* section, you can enter expiration information for the team user. The expiration setting [suspends](https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/preferences/manage-team/#suspend-a-team-user) the account on the specified date in the future.
* If desired, select a date from the *Expire On* menu.
* In the *Expire Reason* text box, enter a reason for the expiration. The text box can contain up to 100 characters. This text box is optional.
* Click *Set Expire Date* to set the expiration date. You can select *Set expire date and notify user* from the menu to send an email to the team user with the new expiration information.
Click *Save* to save the changes to the team user and return to the *Manage Team* interface. You can click *Go Back* to cancel this action and return to the *Manage Team* interface.
# Team user preferences
In addition to the settings that a team owner can change for a team user’s account, there are preferences that a team user can change for their own account. Team users can access these preferences from the *Tools* page in the [cPanel interface](https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/the-cpanel-interface/the-cpanel-interface/) . Team users can update the following preferences:
* [*Password & Security*](https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/preferences/password-and-security/) — Team users can update their passwords.
* [*Change Language*](https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/preferences/change-language/) — Team users can view the cPanel interface in the language (locale) of their choice.
!! Note
!! When a team owner creates a new team user, the team user will have the same language setting as their team owner.
!! If a team user has not set a language themselves, their language will default to the team owner’s language. If a team user sets their own language, then the system ignores the team owner’s language for that team user.
* [*Contact Information*](https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/preferences/contact-information/) — Team users can update their cPanel contact information.