# Viewing the site as a lower trust level user
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/viewing-the-site-as-a-lower-trust-level-user/264193
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** trust-levels
**Created:** [May 8, 2023, 5:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/viewing-the-site-as-a-lower-trust-level-user/264193 "2023-05-08T05:02:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@rachel-statsnz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rachel-statsnz)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2023, 5:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/viewing-the-site-as-a-lower-trust-level-user/264193/1 "2023-05-08T05:02:37Z")
I am wondering if there was an option to view the site from e.g. a TL2 perspective without having to go and create a new account.
I am an admin on my site, so I get to see the forum with all the unlisted topics or topics in locked categories/ side bar with extra content etc
I am keen to see how it looks for other Users easily, especially where I am testing disabling or enabling a new feature.
Edit: ok it seems like there has been a couple of these questions cropping up already and the answer is to just create an account… RIP 🥲
[“Visit as a new user” - support - Discourse Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visit-as-a-new-user/133129)
[View Forum as User X - feature - Discourse Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/view-forum-as-user-x/45286)
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2023, 5:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/viewing-the-site-as-a-lower-trust-level-user/264193/2 "2023-05-08T05:08:18Z")
You can [impersonate](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impersonate-a-user-and-returning-to-admin-user/119683) other users to see how the forum looks like for them.
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### Author:  [@rachel-statsnz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rachel-statsnz)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2023, 5:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/viewing-the-site-as-a-lower-trust-level-user/264193/3 "2023-05-08T05:10:45Z")
Thank you! But damn that still sounds like a lot of extra work logging in and out ☹
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2023, 5:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/viewing-the-site-as-a-lower-trust-level-user/264193/4 "2023-05-08T05:27:48Z")
I have a few test users for this kind of thing. 🙂 I generally have a couple of different browsers (Firefox and Chrome) to allow me to be logged in as both myself and a test user at the same time, as well as an incognito/private window for both so I can have some extras too if needed. 👍 This allows me to keep my admin screen up and running to adjust any user settings, etc without needing to log in and out.
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### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2023, 6:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/viewing-the-site-as-a-lower-trust-level-user/264193/5 "2023-05-08T06:35:50Z")
That is not pollite way and forces that user logging in again.
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### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2023, 6:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/viewing-the-site-as-a-lower-trust-level-user/264193/6 "2023-05-08T06:40:08Z")
> [@rachel-statsnz](#):
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> a lot of extra work logging in and out
Yes it is. Well, that work load doesn’t exacly kill you, but it is a bit annoying. But you can anonymizate yoursef (if it is allowed) and change that person’s rights?
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### Author:  [@rachel-statsnz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rachel-statsnz)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/viewing-the-site-as-a-lower-trust-level-user/264193/7 "2023-05-08T21:48:33Z")
Haha I’d say it partially kills me and my old clunky work surface pro lol I reckon a “view as” button would win a popular vote
But thank you @JammyDodger 😊 I thought I only had 2 browsers (work security), but the incognito tip gives double that!