Manage Members

The Manage Members menu is used to change the user roles assigned to members belonging to a team.

User Roles

The following user roles are assigned from the Manage Members menu option in the team site main menu.

System Admin

The System Administrator is typically a member of the IT staff and has the follow privileges:

The first user added to a newly installed Mattermost system is assigned the System Admin role.

Team Admin

The Team Administrator is typically a non-technical end user and has the following privileges:

Member

This is the default role given to end users who join the system. Members have basic permissions to use the Mattermost team site.

Inactive

This status is given to users whose accounts are marked inactive. These users can no longer log into the system.

Because Mattermost is designed as a system-of-record, there is not an option to delete users from the Mattermost system, as such an operation could compromise the integrity of message archives.