# Impersonate a user and returning to admin user

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/impersonate-a-user-and-returning-to-admin-user/119683
**Category:** Site Management
**Tags:** how-to, impersonate, users
**Created:** [June 6, 2019, 7:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impersonate-a-user-and-returning-to-admin-user/119683 "2019-06-06T19:09:10Z")
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### Author: ![ToddZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/toddz/32/328350_2.png) [@ToddZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ToddZ)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impersonate-a-user-and-returning-to-admin-user/119683/5 "2024-10-01T22:16:45Z")

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It might be worth noting that impersonating a user is not transparent – it creates a logged visit for that user, and resets any notification flags that are acted on. Probably best to communicate to any real user that it’s being done.

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