# Changing staff permissions
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-staff-permissions/122768
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 12, 2019, 7:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-staff-permissions/122768 "2019-07-12T07:25:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@calebs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/calebs)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2019, 7:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-staff-permissions/122768/1 "2019-07-12T07:25:39Z")
As far as I understand, there are only 2 staff positions on Discourse. Won’t discuss the Admin one, since it is way too powerful for us to even grant to someone, so it’s basically one option left.
My question is, would it be possible to change Moderator’s permissions, as we are not really happy with the fact that they have access to some personal information, including IP addresses. For some weird reason, moderators also have access to plugins directory, staff logs, etc.
I understand that we also have trust levels, but permission changes are a bit limited as well. Is this really what works for other Discourse customers?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2019, 8:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-staff-permissions/122768/2 "2019-07-12T08:38:27Z")
Why doesn’t trust level 4 work for you? Be specific.
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### Author:  [@calebs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/calebs)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2019, 8:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-staff-permissions/122768/3 "2019-07-12T08:45:48Z")
Trust level 4 would be great, if they could handle flags, warns, etc. We want our team to be able to do that, without having access to personal info and more detailed forum stats.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2019, 8:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-staff-permissions/122768/4 "2019-07-12T08:54:11Z")
That is already possible with the new review system in 2.3; people can be category-specific moderators.
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### Author:  [@calebs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/calebs)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2019, 8:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-staff-permissions/122768/5 "2019-07-12T08:56:37Z")
Oh, sounds good! Are there any guidelines that explain how this works. And thank you for your time!
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### Author:  [@rishabh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rishabh)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2019, 8:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-staff-permissions/122768/6 "2019-07-12T08:58:02Z")
Yes, read through [Category Group Review/Moderation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-group-review-moderation/116478) for more information :slight_smile:
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### Author:  [@rishabh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rishabh)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2019, 8:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-staff-permissions/122768/7 "2019-07-15T08:44:48Z")