# Mod permissions and access

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/mod-permissions-and-access/109553
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [February 19, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mod-permissions-and-access/109553 "2019-02-19T14:42:19Z")
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### Author: ![Chaboi\_3000](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chaboi_3000/32/163015_2.png) [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2019, 1:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mod-permissions-and-access/109553/2 "2019-02-20T01:02:36Z")

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No, there is currently not a way to alter the permissions, as Jeff said in this topic:

> [@Changings permissions for moderator](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changings-permissions-for-moderator/30029/2):
>
> No, we have no plans to support fine-grained permissions models, either you are a moderator, or admin and get the standard permissions for those roles. We do plan to add category level moderators though.

Moderators for a specific category is on the roadmap, but not yet implemented.

> [@Add moderator for specific category or subcategory](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-moderator-for-specific-category-or-subcategory/35761):
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> Hello All, I wanna ask about how to make a moderator only for specific category or subcategory. Thanks in advance.

This is what moderators can do vs, admins:

> [@sam](#):
>
> I spent a few hours cleaning this up.
> 
> After my current checkin moderators are granted **ALL** of the permissions admins have except for the following:
> 
> - Moderators can not change site settings
> - Moderators can not change site contents
> - Moderators can not customize a site
> - Moderators can not view the API key or generate one
> - Moderators can not see the “health check” for the server
> - Moderators can not “force a browser” refresh
> - Moderators can not assign “moderator” status or revoke it.
> 
> EVERYTHING else is allowed by moderators, you can read a PM stream of a user, handle flags, view real emails, edit profiles, close/archive and delete topics
> 
> Internally we have a bit of a terminology issue I would like us to resolve, when doing permission checks we talk about:
> 
> 1. The “admins”
> 2. The group of users that are either “admin” or “moderator”
> 3. The “moderators”
> 
> I have no idea what to call group number 2 but I would really like a singular name we can use in code, cause at the moment its kind of crazy that User#moderator? denotes that group.

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