# Adding a User Without Inviting Them

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-user-without-inviting-them/115919
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 25, 2019, 5:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-user-without-inviting-them/115919 "2019-04-25T05:03:57Z")
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### Author: ![techAPJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/techapj/32/342990_2.png) [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2019, 6:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-user-without-inviting-them/115919/4 "2019-04-25T06:24:35Z")

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> [@Sheral\_ECF](#):
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> Is there a way that we can manually add users from the backend without the need to invite them first?

This might do the trick:

> [@Create an admin account from the console](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-admin-account-from-console/17274):
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> bookmark This guide provides instructions for creating an admin account or granting admin privileges using the console in a self-hosted Discourse installation. person_raising_hand Required user level: System Administrator warning Console access required So you want to create/grant Admin privileges or reset user password from console? Great, let’s get started! This guide will cover the following: Accessing the console Creating a new account with admin privileges Resetting an existin…

Just press `n` when prompted for ` Do you want to grant Admin privileges to this account? (Y/n)`.

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