# Support upgrading a user from type User to type Admin

**URL:** <https://discuss.write.as/t/support-upgrading-a-user-from-type-user-to-type-admin/3978>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Tags:** writefreely\
**Created:** [December 10, 2021, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/support-upgrading-a-user-from-type-user-to-type-admin/3978 "2021-12-10T09:15:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![decentral1se](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/decentral1se/32/1431_2.png) [@decentral1se](https://discuss.write.as/u/decentral1se)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/support-upgrading-a-user-from-type-user-to-type-admin/3978/1 "2021-12-10T09:15:52Z")

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Hi, i’ve searched on the Github issue tracker and here and found no request for this. So, yes, it would be nice to be able to upgrade an existing user account to admin from a regular user, to help with administration work. Thanks for considering!

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**Author:** ![matt](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/matt/32/2760_2.png) [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/support-upgrading-a-user-from-type-user-to-type-admin/3978/2 "2022-01-04T15:28:35Z")

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Thanks for the feedback! I think the closest task we’re tracking for this would be here: [⚓ T538 Admin interface](https://phabricator.write.as/T538)

Are there particular things you’d want a promoted admin to do, e.g. just user management? Or would you want them to have full admin access? (Just wondering if we need different admin / moderator levels in the short term.)