Add developer account users and manage permissions

There are three different access levels in Play Console: account owner, admins, and users. Your access level determines what actions you can perform and what information you can access in Play Console. As an admin (administrator), user management allows you to safely control which parts of Play Console your wider team can see based on their roles, what data they have access to, and the settings they can change.

Account access levels

Type	Description
Account owner	First registered account in Play Console Has full access to Play Console Can invite and remove users, and manage individual permissions Is the only person who can have a linked payments profile to sell paid apps Is the only person who can access and edit information on the Payments settings page in Play Console
Admin	Has the "Admin (all permissions)" permission Can be given access to all or specific apps Can invite and remove users, and manage individual permissions Doesn't need to pay the $25 registration fee
User	Can have different levels of access to Play Console Can be given access to all or specific apps Can't invite users or edit permissions Doesn't need to pay the $25 registration fee

Give users access

Step 1: Decide whether your user needs account or app access

Before you set up permissions, you need to decide if your user needs access at account level or at app level:

• Account: Account permissions apply to all apps in your developer account.
• App: App permissions only apply to the selected app.

Some permissions are exclusively available to app or account level users only. For details on how account and app access might impact a specific permission differently, you can check the permission definitions and uses section.

Step 2: Add users and turn permissions on or off

If you're an account owner or admin, you can add users to your Play Console account and manage permissions across all apps or for specific apps. Before adding users and turning permissions on or off, review the permission definitions and uses section to ensure that you understand them.

You can add users individually or in groups. To add users individually:

1. Open Play Console and go to the Users and permissions page.
2. To manage permissions for an existing user, click anywhere on the user’s row in the user table.
3. To add a new user, type the user’s email address and set an access expiry date if necessary. Make sure you have the Admin (all permissions) permission at account level.
   Note: Invited users can only sign in to Play Console using the same email address that you provided. Also, if you don't choose an access expiry date, the user will have ongoing access to your Play Console account or app indefinitely.
4. Select the permissions you want to apply to specific apps using the App permissions tab. To select permissions to apply to all apps in your developer account, use the Account permissions tab.
   • To add an app to the permissions table, select Add app under the App permissions tab and then click Apply.
5. Select Invite user.

(Optional) Use permission groups

If you need to manage permissions for multiple users at a time, you may want to use permission groups. This allows you to manage permissions for multiple users at one time. To create a permissions group:

1. Open Play Console and go to the Users and permissions page.
2. Select the Permission Groups tab.
3. Click Create permission group.
4. Enter a group name.
5. (Optional) If you want the permissions to expire on a specific date, check the box next to "Set access expiry date" and select the date. If you don't set an expiry date, app and account permissions granted as part of this group won't expire unless you remove the group
6. Enter a group description to help you recognize this group. This is only visible to admins of your developer account. 
7. Select the permissions you want to apply to specific apps using the App permissions tab. To select permissions to apply to all apps in your developer account, use the Account permissions tab.
   • To add an app to the permissions table, select Add app under the App permissions tab and then click Apply.
8. Select the users you want to add to the group in the Users in this group tab. These users will be granted the app and account permissions you selected in the previous step.
9. Click Create group.

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Permission definitions and uses

General permissions

Admin (all permissions) View app information (read-only) View app quality information (read-only) View app information and download bulk reports (read-only) Edit and delete draft apps Create, edit, and delete draft apps Manage policy declarations View financial data View financial data, orders, and cancellation data survey responses Manage orders and subscriptions Release to production, exclude devices, and use Play App Signing