# Application users and roles
Applications with *Login Mode* set to *Email & Password* can maintain their users in the *Users & Roles* section. Users can also be administered using the [User API](https://docs.stadium.software/how-it-works/user-api)
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### Accessing application *Users and Roles*
**Steps:**
1. Log in to your application with the credentials of an *Administrator*.
2. Click the profile icon 
in the top-right corner of your application.
3. Select *Users & Roles*.
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### Overview: Enabling page access
The *Menu* control displays only menu items application users can access and automatically filters out the others. Submenus only display if they contain pages users can access.
**Steps:**
1. Adding *Roles*.
1. Provide a role *Name*.
2. Select *Pages* accessible to users with the *Role*.
3. Save.
2. Adding *Users*.
1. Provide an *Email* and *Password*.
2. Optionally add a *Name*.
3. Check the *Administrator* checkbox for users that manage *Users & Roles*.
4. Select *Roles* the user should belong to (the *User* role is assigned to all users to provide access to the application *StartPage*).
5. Save.
Optionally, use the *Pages* menu to review and amend *Role* access to a page.
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### Roles
The *User* role is created by default. In this section you can maintain the different user roles that you require for your application.
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Maintain Roles
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**Steps:**
1. Click the **Roles** menu item.
2. To Add:
1. Click **Add Role.**
2. Enter a *Name* for the Role.
3. Select the *Pages* to which this Role will have access.
4. Click **Save**.
3. Update:
1. Click the **Edit** link associated with the relevant Role.
2. Update *Name* and / or which *Pages* are assigned to the Role.
3. Click **Save**.
4. Delete:
1. Click the **Delete** link associated with the relevant Role.
2. Click **Yes** to confirm.
Note:
* The default Role is 'User'.
* All users are automatically and permanently assigned to the 'User' role.
* Additional Roles can be assigned to users, and can also be removed ("unassigned") from users.
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### Users
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Users
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**Steps:**
1. Click the *Users* menu item.
2. To Add:
1. Click *Add User*.
2. If the Application's Login Mode is 'Email & Password':\
\- Enter the user's *Name* (optional), *Email* and *Password*.
3. Select the *Administrator* checkbox only if this User is to have Administration rights, i.e. to have access to Application *Users and Roles*.
4. Select the *Role(s)* to assign to the User.
5. Click Save.
3. Update:
1. Click the Edit link associated with the relevant User.
2. Update *Email*, *Password*, *Name* and / or which *Role(s)* to assign to the User.
3. Click Save.
4. Delete:
1. Click the Delete link associated with the relevant User.
2. Click Yes to confirm.
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### Pages
Access to your application's *Pages* can be controlled by assigning user roles to each page.
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Maintain Role assignments to [*Pages*](https://docs.stadium.software/features/pages)
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**Steps:**
1. Click the *Pages* menu item.
2. Click the Edit link associated with the relevant Page.
3. Select the *Role(s)* to assign to the Page.
4. Click Save.
