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# Assign Users to Roles

Assign users to a role in the role hierarchy.

### Required Editions

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d15894e75 ">To assign users to roles:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d15894e75 ">Manage Internal Users</td>

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You can assign a role during the user's creation or from the role's page, which is described in this topic.

1. From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Roles, and then select **Roles**.
2. Click **Assign** next to the name of the desired role.
    
    ![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-access-264-0-0-production-enus/a92be132-3cbc-412a-9262-130636120c14/images/icon_note.png)
    
    Note You can also access this page by clicking **Assign Users to Role** on the role’s detail page. Large organizations should consider assigning roles via the [SOAP API](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api.meta/api/) for efficiency.
3. Make a selection from the dropdown list to show the available users.
4. Select a user on the left, and click **Add** to assign the user to this role.
5. Click **Save**.

To view sharing group members, click **Role** or **Role and Subordinates** in the Sharing Groups field.

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-access-264-0-0-production-enus/a92be132-3cbc-412a-9262-130636120c14/images/icon_note.png)

Note Removing a user from the Selected Users list deletes the role assignment for that user.

#### See Also

- [Create a User Role](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.admin_roles.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "In the role hierarchy, users have access to records owned by or shared with users in roles below them. Roles within the hierarchy affect access on components such as records and reports.")
- [_Designing Record Access for Enterprise Scale_: Group Membership Locking](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.draes.meta/draes/draes_group_membership_locking.htm)