# Switching author to reader

**URL:** <https://community.amazonquick.com/t/switching-author-to-reader/2607>\
**Category:** Q&A\
**Tags:** administration, quick-sight\
**Created:** [March 25, 2022, 10:33pm UTC](https://community.amazonquick.com/t/switching-author-to-reader/2607 "2022-03-25T22:33:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![QuickSightfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/958977/32.png) [@QuickSightfan](https://community.amazonquick.com/u/QuickSightfan)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2022, 10:33pm UTC](https://community.amazonquick.com/t/switching-author-to-reader/2607/1 "2022-03-25T22:33:33Z")

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Hello, how can i move a user from author to reader?

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**Author:** ![lillie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@lillie](https://community.amazonquick.com/u/lillie)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.amazonquick.com/t/switching-author-to-reader/2607/2 "2022-03-28T19:52:28Z")

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Hi there. Please see this documentation: [Managing user access inside Amazon QuickSight - Amazon QuickSight](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/latest/user/managing-users.html). You must be an admin but you can then update the role in the admin console

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**Author:** ![Nadav\_Kavalerchik](https://d2orw1595917va.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.amazonquick.com/nadav_kavalerchik/32/1096_2.png) [@Nadav\_Kavalerchik](https://community.amazonquick.com/u/Nadav_Kavalerchik)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 7:41am UTC](https://community.amazonquick.com/t/switching-author-to-reader/2607/3 "2022-04-21T07:41:02Z")

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I am facing similar situation, but as admin I can not change user role from author to reader.  
Please advise

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**Author:** ![Koushik\_Muthanna](https://d2orw1595917va.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.amazonquick.com/koushik_muthanna/32/3290_2.png) [@Koushik\_Muthanna](https://community.amazonquick.com/u/Koushik_Muthanna)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 11:13am UTC](https://community.amazonquick.com/t/switching-author-to-reader/2607/4 "2022-04-21T11:13:09Z")

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Hi,

You cannot change from author to reader.

> [@How to change user from ADMIN to READER?](https://community.amazonquick.com/t/how-to-change-user-from-admin-to-reader/2649/2):
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> Hi , You cannot downgrade users from ADMIN to a READER . If these users have not created any assets in QuickSight, you can delete those users and then recreate them as READER. [Managing Users : Updating Enterprise user accounts](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/latest/user/managing-users-enterprise.html) Regards, Koushik