# Admin vs Moderator vs leader

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-vs-moderator-vs-leader/89008
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 2, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-vs-moderator-vs-leader/89008 "2018-06-02T18:21:58Z")
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### Author: ![robmc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/robmc/32/125900_2.png) [@robmc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robmc)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-vs-moderator-vs-leader/89008/6 "2018-06-05T15:12:46Z")

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It is actually a good question - I thought I was clear on this but am realising I can’t define it and therefore not 100% sure

I am clear about Admin vs non-admin

… but are there any practical differences between `Moderator` and `TL4`?

If you want to grant extra rights to members of your community without giving them access to the settings and the member data of the site, should you make them a Moderator, or upgrade them to TL4 instead?

> [@itsbhanusharma](#):
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> Moderator can do anything related to moderation of forum
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> Admin can tinker with more advanced forum settings.

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