# Discourse admin

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-admin/315515
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 9, 2024, 6:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-admin/315515 "2024-07-09T06:36:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![Rahul\_Kumawat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rahul_kumawat/32/427279_2.png) [@Rahul\_Kumawat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rahul_Kumawat)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2024, 6:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-admin/315515/1 "2024-07-09T06:36:04Z")

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How can i change my user into admin user ?

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### Author: ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2024, 6:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-admin/315515/2 "2024-07-09T06:50:54Z")

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👋 welcome @Rahul_Kumawat

Only admins can make other users admin. So if you aren’t an admin now you’ll have to ask one on your site.

Have a read of the documentation below 😉

> [@Promoting a User to Admin or Moderator Status](https://meta.discourse.org/t/grant-admin-or-moderator-privileges-to-a-user/284754):
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> discourse This is a #how-to guide intended to help existing site admins understand how to promote a user to admin or moderator status through Discourse. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator Admin privileges in Discourse are powerful and allow the user to manage almost all aspects of the site. For full details on what staff users can do on a site, see [Understanding user statuses, roles, and permissions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-user-statuses-roles-and-permissions/35171). Here is a step-by-step process on how to promote a user to admin or …

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### Author: ![Rahul\_Kumawat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rahul_kumawat/32/427279_2.png) [@Rahul\_Kumawat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rahul_Kumawat)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2024, 7:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-admin/315515/3 "2024-07-09T07:01:34Z")

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I don’t know who is admin. I have simply create my discourse account using email id. I want api keys of my account to use developer api of discourse.

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2024, 7:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-admin/315515/4 "2024-07-09T07:10:39Z")

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Hello and welcome @Rahul_Kumawat 🙂

This doesn’t make a lot of sense? I’m afraid it’s not possible to make yourself admin of any forum you simply join up to as a member.

What are you trying to do?

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### Author: ![NateDhaliwal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/natedhaliwal/32/313494_2.png) [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2024, 7:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-admin/315515/5 "2024-07-09T07:11:21Z")

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Did you start the forum? As in, were you the first member to set everything up?  
You can check the admins under the `/about` page.

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### Author: ![Rahul\_Kumawat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rahul_kumawat/32/427279_2.png) [@Rahul\_Kumawat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rahul_Kumawat)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2024, 7:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-admin/315515/6 "2024-07-09T07:20:01Z")

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Hello @JammyDodger ,  
Thanks for the reply.  
I want to use this doc [Discourse Docs](https://docs.discourse.org/) but it requires api keys of my account and i don’t know how to get these so that i can use endpoint provided in developer docs.

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### Author: ![anon82911141](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@anon82911141](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon82911141)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2024, 9:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-admin/315515/7 "2024-07-09T09:21:43Z")

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Did you create the forum?