# Pre-create admin user

**URL:** <https://forum.ghost.org/t/pre-create-admin-user/13044>\
**Category:** Installation\
**Created:** [March 28, 2020, 7:40am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/pre-create-admin-user/13044 "2020-03-28T07:40:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![elijahsgh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/elijahsgh/32/6949_2.png) [@elijahsgh](https://forum.ghost.org/u/elijahsgh)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 7:40am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/pre-create-admin-user/13044/1 "2020-03-28T07:40:21Z")

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In Ghost 3, is there a way to _pre-create_ or create an admin user before Ghost is publicly available?

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**Author:** ![vikaspotluri123](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/vikaspotluri123/32/24_2.png) [@vikaspotluri123](https://forum.ghost.org/u/vikaspotluri123)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/pre-create-admin-user/13044/2 "2020-03-28T17:16:48Z")

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Not out of the box, no… but you could automate the API requests that the Admin client sends when creating the first user account 🤔