This article describes what different administrators can do, as well as how each type of administrator can be set.

• Add and delete users and departments (excluding guest users)
• View and download audit logs
• Configure security on login and restrict permissions
• Set up external service integration using OAuth

Click the Settings icon (the gear-shaped icon) at the top of Kintone, then click Users & system administration.

Access Users & system administration and click Administrators under User administration. The Administrators section on the screen lists users who are appointed as Kintone users & system administrators.
These administrators can be changed as necessary. For details, refer to the following page.
Changing members of Kintone users & system administrators

These administrators can configure settings related to all of Kintone.

• Configure permissions to create apps and spaces
• Create app templates and space templates
• Manage apps and spaces
• Apply system-wide customization for Kintone
• Configure the Update options settings
• Register plug-ins
• Edit the Announcement section of Portal
• Configuring Portal

• System administrative permission (Kintone administrative permission)
• Permission to create apps
• Permission to manage apps
• Permission to create spaces
• Permission to create guest spaces
• Permission to manage or view app groups

Click the Settings icon (the gear-shaped icon) at the top of Kintone, then click Kintone administration.

Access Kintone administration and click Permission management. Users who have the System administration option selected are Kintone administrators.
This type of administrators can be changed as necessary. For details, refer to the following page.
Setting system-wide permissions for Kintone

Each app has its own app administrators who are able to change its settings. An app list is available for you to check which apps you have the app administrator permission for.

• Configure the app form
• Configure the process management settings
• Configure the Notifications settings
• Manage permissions related to the app

The following permissions can be set.

• Permission to manage apps
• Permission to view, add, edit, or delete records
• Permission to export or import files

App administrators can grant users permission to view, edit, and delete records that meet certain conditions.

App administrators can configure permissions for viewing and editing fields placed on the app form.

Click the App settings icon (the gear-shaped icon) at the upper right of the View screen.

Access the App settings screen and click App under Permissions. Users who have the Manage app option selected are app administrators. By default, the user who created the app is set as the app administrator.
This type of administrators can be changed as necessary. For details, refer to the following page.
Setting system-wide permissions for Kintone

Each space has its own space administrators. Space administrators of a space can change the settings of that particular space.

• Managing members of the space
• Deciding whether to make the space private and limit access to the space to only space members
• Deciding whether to use multiple threads

Space administrators can choose to set a space to private and limit the access to only space members.

Navigate to the space, click the Options icon at the upper right of the screen, and click Space settings.

Access the Space settings screen and select the Members tab. Users who have the Administrator option selected are space administrators. By default, the user who created the space is set as the space administrator.
This type of administrators can be changed as necessary. For details, refer to the following page.
Adding or deleting space members

• Grant the "Create apps" permission only to the users who you want to allow the action.
• The "Create apps" and "Manage apps" permissions can be set in Kintone administration. By default, all users are allowed to create and manage apps. For details on how to configure these permissions, refer to the following page.
  Setting system-wide permissions for Kintone

• Set the users as the app administrators of the app.
• App administrators can be set by the current app administrators. By default, the user who created the app is set as the app administrator. For details on how to configure these permissions, refer to the following page.
  Configuring permissions for apps

Note that, if you set users as app administrators, they will also be able to change the settings of the app. Please give careful consideration to this before configuring the setting.

• Set the users as the app administrators of the app.
• App administrators can be set by the current app administrators. By default, the user who created the app is set as the app administrator. For details on how to configure these permissions, refer to the following page.
  Configuring permissions for apps

• Grant the "Export to file" permission only to the users who you want to allow the "Export to file" operation.
• The "Export to file" permission can be set by app administrators. By default, the "Export to file" permission is granted only to the user who created the app. For details on how to configure these permissions, refer to the following page.
  Configuring permissions for apps

• Set the user as a Kintone administrator.
• The current Kintone administrators can set Kintone administrators. For details on how to configure these permissions, refer to the following page.
  Setting system-wide permissions for Kintone

Note that, if you set users as Kintone administrators, they will also be able to change the settings related to Kintone system-wide. Make sure to consider this before granting permissions.

• Add the users as Kintone users & system administrators.
• Kintone users & system administrators can be set by the current Kintone users & system administrators. For details on how to configure these permissions, refer to the following page.
  Changing members of Kintone users & system administrators

Note that, if you set users as Kintone users & system administrators, they will also be able to add or remove users and change some settings including security settings. Make sure to consider this before adding users as administrators.