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# Editing users and their roles

Administrators can manage local users and their roles from the User Management page.

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For additional details on administering user accounts, go to [User Management Overview](/data-quality-self-hosted/admin-configuration/admin-console/user-management/users/user-management-overview.md).
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## Steps

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Sign in to Data Quality & Observability (self-hosted) and click <img src="https://4121921244-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FWCrP7Albs8DfJjIQxUxw%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-268a786d787f353b92e094a60945df32bf9cb208%2FCogwheelIcon.svg?alt=media" alt="Cogwheel icon" data-size="line"> in the left navigation pane.
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Click **Admin Console**.
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Click **User Management** and then click **Users**.
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In the far right column, click <img src="https://4121921244-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FWCrP7Albs8DfJjIQxUxw%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-5face7f577747d86367bf6698315172b6a3536f5%2FEditIcon.svg?alt=media" alt="Edit icon" data-size="line">.\ <i class="fa-chevrons-right">:chevrons-right:</i> The **Edit \[user]** modal appears.
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Select either the **Users** or **Roles** tab and fill out the information.

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<table><thead><tr><th width="152">Field</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>First Name</td><td>The user's first name.</td></tr><tr><td>Last Name</td><td>The user's last name.</td></tr><tr><td>Username</td><td>The username of the user.</td></tr><tr><td>Email</td><td>The email address associated with the user's account.</td></tr><tr><td>Enabled</td><td>Select this option to enable or disable a user's account.</td></tr><tr><td>Locked</td><td>Select this option to lock or unlock a user's account. An account may be locked automatically after 10 consecutive unsuccessful login attempts.</td></tr></tbody></table>
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Map roles to a user by moving them from the **Not included** box to the **Included** box. To do this, select the role(s) you wish to map to the user, then click <img src="https://4121921244-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FWCrP7Albs8DfJjIQxUxw%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-6a7c7a806e6f4e24a51783c46471c3a50bc1d56b%2Fdq-next-arrow-icon.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">. You can also filter the roles in the search fields.

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To remove a role mapping, you can click the left arrow to move the role(s) you select from the **Included** column back to the **Not included** column.
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![edit user roles](https://4121921244-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FWCrP7Albs8DfJjIQxUxw%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-4a649177ffb4f296a354c1532c063666e0f04c7d%2Fdq-edit-user-roles.png?alt=media)
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Click **Submit**.
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