# Can an admin create a staged user?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-an-admin-create-a-staged-user/382844>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [September 16, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-an-admin-create-a-staged-user/382844 "2025-09-16T15:55:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-an-admin-create-a-staged-user/382844/11 "2026-01-27T15:51:29Z")

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Are you an admin or moderator, or in a group that is specified in the `Send email messages allowed groups` site setting? If not, then that error makes sense.

 ![Screenshot 2026-01-27 at 4.50.17 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/4/b/0/4b0557fd2cc0e34a7f10775d67b37eeb37fd3fda.png)

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