# 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")
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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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