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Account types#

There are three account types, owner, admin, and member. The account type affects the user permissions and access.

Feature availability

To use admin accounts, you need a pro or enterprise plan.

  • Owner: this is the account that set up user management. There's one owner account for each n8n instance. You can't transfer ownership. The owner can:
    • Add and remove users, including admin users
    • Upgrade members to admin, and downgrade admins to member
    • See and share all workflows
    • See and share all credentials (but not see the sensitive information)
    • Delete tags
    • Set up and use Source control
  • Admin: elevated permissions within the app. An admin can do everything that an owner can, except:
    • Access the Cloud dashboard
    • Modify the owner or change the owner role
  • Members: these are normal n8n users. Members can:
    • See all workflow tags, create new tags, and assign tags to their workflows. Members can't delete tags.
    • Change their own password.
    • See their own workflows.

Create a member-level account for the owner

We recommend that owners create a member-level account for themselves. Owners can see all workflows, but there is no way to see who created a particular workflow, so there is a risk of overriding other people's work if you build and edit workflows as an owner.