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description: Enable delegated administrators to manage users in specified roles and all subordinate roles. You can assign specified profiles to those users, and log in as users who have granted login access to administrators. A delegated administration group is a group of users who have the same admin privileges. These groups are not related to public groups used for sharing.
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# Define Delegate Administrators

Enable delegated administrators to manage users in specified roles and all subordinate roles. You can assign specified profiles to those users, and log in as users who have granted login access to administrators. A delegated administration group is a group of users who have the same admin privileges. These groups are not related to public groups used for sharing.

### Required Editions

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d53511e75 ">To manage delegated administration:</td>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d53511e75 ">To be a delegated administrator:</td>

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You cannot delegate administrative duties related to your org to partner portal or Customer Portal users. However, you can delegate some portal administrative duties to portal users. Before you begin, ensure that roles are assigned to the delegated group so that the delegated administrator can manage group permissions.

1. From Setup, enter Delegated Administration in the Quick Find box, then select **Delegated Administration** and click **New**
2. Select or create a delegated group.
3. To allow group users to log in as users in the role hierarchy that they administer, select **Enable Group for Login Access**. Depending on your org settings, individual users first grant login access to allow their administrators to log in as them.
4. Click **Save**.
5. For each related list, click **Add** to define your delegated group details.

#### See Also

- [Delegate Administrative Duties](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.admin_delegate.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Use delegated administration to assign limited admin privileges to users in your org who aren’t administrators. For example, let’s say you want the Customer Support team manager to manage users in the Support Manager role and all subordinate roles. Create a delegated admin for this purpose so that you can focus on other administration tasks.")
- [Delegate Site Administration to an External User](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.networks_DPUA.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Delegate the administration of your site to an external user to increase your site’s capacity for growth and reduce bottlenecks. External administrators can add, update, and disable members, and they can reset passwords and manage user permissions.")