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Manage roles

Create, edit, and assign roles to organize permissions for your community members.

What are roles?​

A role is a named set of permissions that you assign to members. Instead of configuring permissions for each member individually, you create roles that represent different responsibilities.

Every community starts with two default roles:

RolePurpose
EVERYONEAssigned to all members automatically. Sets baseline permissions for everyone. Cannot be deleted.
AdminFull control over the community. Assigned to the community creator.

You can create additional roles to match your community's needs:

Example rolePurpose
ModeratorHelps keep the community safe by managing messages and members
Trusted MemberActive members with extra abilities like uploading files
Team LeadMembers who manage specific channels or projects

Members can have multiple roles. When they do, Root grants a permission if any of their roles allows it. One of these roles is their primary role, which determines their display color. Changing the primary role does not affect what the member can do. See Set a member's primary role below.

Required permissions
  • Manage Roles

Create a role​

  1. Right-click the community tab, or select the community image in the sidebar.
  2. Select Community settings.
  3. Select Roles from the left navigation.
  4. Select Create Role.
  5. Enter a name for the role.
  6. Select a color. On the Palette tab, choose from preset colors. On the Spectrum tab, use the color spectrum and slider, or type a 6-character hex code (e.g., FF5500) in the hex input field.
  7. (Optional) Enable Role is mentionable to allow members to @mention this role.
  8. Select the Permissions tab and enable the permissions for this role.
  9. Select the Channel assignment tab and select which channels and channel groups this role can access.
  10. Select the Members tab and select which members should have this role.
  11. Select Save changes.
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You can only grant permissions that you have yourself. Permissions you don't have appear disabled.

Edit a role​

  1. Right-click the community tab, or select the community image in the sidebar.
  2. Select Community settings.
  3. Select Roles from the left navigation.
  4. Select the role you want to edit.
  5. Make your changes on the Display, Permissions, Channel Assignment, or Members tabs.
  6. Select Save changes.

Assign roles to a member​

  1. Right-click the community tab, or select the community image in the sidebar.
  2. Select Community settings.
  3. Select Members from the left navigation.
  4. Find the member and select the + icon next to their name.
  5. Select or deselect roles as needed.

Set a member's primary role​

When a member has multiple roles, their primary role determines their display color. Changing the primary role is purely visual — it does not change what the member can do.

  1. Open the member's profile.
  2. In the Roles section, select the role you want to set as primary.
  3. The primary role is highlighted with a blue border.

Delete a role​

You can delete any role except the EVERYONE role. When you delete a role, members who had that role lose the permissions it granted.

  1. Right-click the community tab, or select the community image in the sidebar.
  2. Select Community settings.
  3. Select Roles from the left navigation.
  4. Select the role you want to delete.
  5. Select Delete Role at the bottom of the Display tab.
  6. Type the role name to confirm.
  7. Select Delete.