Remove an admin role assignment

As a super admin, you can remove admin role assignments from users and groups to revoke their admin privileges. Access to the Admin Console is also revoked when you remove an admin role assignment.

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Remove a user's admin assignments from any of the following places in the Admin Console:

• From the Roles tab
• From the Admins tab
• From the People page
• From the Groups page

From the Roles tab

Follow these steps to remove an admin role assignment from a user or group.

1. In the Admin Console, go to SecurityAdministrators.
2. Click the Roles tab.
3. Find the admin role that you want to remove and select EditView or edit assignments.
4. In the Complete assignment section, click the delete icon next to a user or group.
5. Click Save Changes.

From the Admins tab

You can only remove a user's directly assigned admin roles from the Admins tab. The user's group-assigned admin roles aren't impacted.

1. In the Admin Console, go to SecurityAdministrators.
2. Click the Admins tab.
3. Find the user whose admin role assignment you want to remove and click EditRemove individual assignments
4. Click Delete.

From the People page

You can only remove a user's directly assigned admin roles from the People page. The user's group-assigned admin roles aren't impacted.

1. In the Admin Console, go to DirectoryPeople.
2. Select a user from the People & username column.
3. Click the Admin roles tab.
4. Click Edit individual assignments. The Administrator assignment by admin page opens.
5. In the Complete assignment section, click the delete icon next to the admin role assignment that you want to remove.
6. Click Save Changes.

From the Groups page

You can only remove a user's group-assigned admin roles from the Groups page. The user's directly assigned admin roles aren't impacted.

1. In the Admin Console, go to DirectoryGroups.
2. Select a group from the list.
3. On the Admin roles tab, click Edit group assignments.
4. In the Complete the assignment section, click the delete icon next to the admin role assignment that you want to remove.
5. Click Save Changes.