# Users & Permissions question

**URL:** <https://forum.ghost.org/t/users-permissions-question/48229>\
**Category:** Using Ghost\
**Created:** [June 18, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/users-permissions-question/48229 "2024-06-18T17:08:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![plainspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/977dab/32.png) [@plainspace](https://forum.ghost.org/u/plainspace)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/users-permissions-question/48229/1 "2024-06-18T17:08:43Z")

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I’m confused about user permissions. Can editors and authors see the members list and see analytics about posts?

> **[Users & Permissions – Manage your team](https://ghost.org/docs/staff/)**
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> Ghost has built-in staff user permissions to allow teams to collaborate effectively. Learn all about user permissions in Ghost.

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**Author:** ![prschulz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/prschulz/32/12872_2.png) [@prschulz](https://forum.ghost.org/u/prschulz)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/users-permissions-question/48229/2 "2024-06-18T17:14:14Z")

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Hey there - Here’s a helpful guide from our help center that should help answer your questions (these should really link to each other, will fix that 😅):

> **[What permissions do staff users have?](https://ghost.org/help/managing-staff-user-profiles/)**
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> Find out how to manage staff user roles, delete and suspend users, or transfer the owner user.

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**Author:** ![plainspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/977dab/32.png) [@plainspace](https://forum.ghost.org/u/plainspace)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/users-permissions-question/48229/4 "2024-06-21T13:51:00Z")

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Thanks for the link. It has much better details than the one I shared initially.

I know you’ve heard this in other places, but the lack of finer-grained controls is pretty unsavory.
