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Collaborating on SEO with your team, agency, or freelancers? You'll likely need to share or add them as a user in Google Search Console.
This guide explains the various permission levels and shows you the steps to give access to someone. Need to change a userâs access level or remove them? Weâve got that covered, too.
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When we talk about giving access to Google Search Console, it mainly refers to adding a user to a Property, which is either a domain (leadsie.com) and all its subdomains, or a URL prefix (leadsie.com/blog).
Each Property has at least one verified owner. You can add up to 100 users (non-owners) and even more owners. These are the user/admin roles and their differences:
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đ Keep Owner roles for people you trust, such as your business partner, cofounder, content manager, or in-house SEO lead. Owners have full control, including adding and removing people, deindexing URLs, and deleting the entire property.
đ„ Add everyone else as a User. Teammates, agencies, and freelancers who work on your SEO and marketing can be assigned Full users. Other freelancers or content writers can be added as Restricted users if they mainly need view-only access.
đ Important tip: Owner roles should be reserved for key decision-makers. To keep your Search Console property safe, consider having just one or two Owners.
Related article: Google Search Console vs Google Analytics: 10 differences
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If youâre an Owner of a property, simply follow the screenshots and steps outlined below. If you are not an Owner, jump to the last section for instructions on requesting access to Google Search Console.
Step 1. Go to Google Search Console. If youâre not signed in yet, click on Start Now and log in. Youâll be redirected to the dashboard.
Step 2. If you manage multiple properties, check that youâre in the correct one. Need to change properties? On the left-hand menu, click on the name of the current property youâre in. This will expand the dropdown list. Select the property you want to add a user to.
Step 3. Now, scroll down in the left-hand panel. Click Settings.
Step 4. Under General Settings, click Users and Permissions, or get there using this link.
Step 5. The Users and Permissions screen shows all current users and their access levels. Click the blue Add User button.
Step 6. A popup will appear. Type in the email address of the person you want to add. Then, choose their permission level (Owner, Full, or Restricted) based on their role within your website.Â
đĄ Unsure what these permissions mean? Jump to What permissions should I assign to somebody?
Step 7. Click Add, and you're done â .
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đĄ Only Owners of a Property can remove a user or another owner!
To remove a user or owner:
đ Security tip: When removing a delegated owner, you might see a popup list showing all the verification tokens associated with their access. They can use these tokens to regain ownership.
To prevent that scenario from happening, youâd have to take additional steps to remove all of these tokens. See how to find and remove ownership verification tokens.
You can also check on tokens by clicking on Unused ownership tokens in the Users and Permissions tab.
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Yes! Both tools can be easily integrated so you can view the combined data from a single Google Analytics account.Â
Hereâs how: How to Integrate Google Search Console With Google Analytics
Before you link the two accounts you need to make sure that:
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Not an Owner and need access to your clientsâ property for SEO, keyword research, or reporting? There is currently no way to request access within Google Search Console, so youâd have to ask your client to add you using the steps above.Â
P.S. Send them the link to this article!
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Clients struggling to share access to their
Google Search Console
accounts? Get the access you need in minutes with a free trial of Leadsie.
Approved by Meta, Google & Tiktok
Keep access to accounts if you cancel
Secure & 100% GDPR compliant