grafana/docs/sources/administration/user-management/_index.md

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title: User management
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# User management

A _user_ is defined as any individual who can log in to Grafana. Each user is associated with a _role_ that includes _permissions_. Permissions determine the tasks a user can perform in the system. For example, the **Admin** role includes permissions for an administrator to create and delete users.

Watch the following video to learn how to manage users and permissions in Grafana OSS and Grafana Cloud:

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The following topics describe how to use permissions to control user access to data sources, dashboards, users, and teams.

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