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title: "Backend Users"
manual: "TYPO3 Explained"
version: "12.4"
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# Backend Users {#user-management-backend-users}

You can manage backend users using the **SYSTEM > Backend users**
module.

![The Backend Users module](../../../Images/ManualScreenshots/UserManagement/BackendBackendUsersModule.png)

This module makes it possible to search and filter users. They
can also be edited, deleted and disabled.

> [!TIP]
> See section [Backend Privileges](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:privileges@12.4) for more information on
> special backend user roles "admin" and "system maintainers".

## Default Editors in the Introduction Package {#default-editors-in-the-introduction-package}

The Introduction Package will create two default editors and
groups for you: "simple_editor" and "advanced_editor".

> [!TIP]
> **Hint**
>
> The following steps assume that the editors "simple_editor"
> and "advanced_editor" exist. In some versions of the
> "Introduction Package", [they will not get created](https://github.com/FriendsOfTYPO3/introduction/issues/21).
>
> If these users do not exist in your installation, please
> follow the steps in [Create Default Users](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:user-management-create-default-editors@12.4)
> before you continue.

## Simulate User {#simulate-user}

### "simple_editor" {#user-management-simple-editor}

The simplest way to check out another user (when one is an
administrator) is to use the "simulate user" feature:

![The last action icon lets us simulate another user](../../../Images/ManualScreenshots/UserManagement/BackendBackendUsersSimulate.png)

And here is what "simple_editor" sees when accessing the
TYPO3 CMS backend:

![The backend view for the "simple\\\_editor"](../../../Images/ManualScreenshots/UserManagement/BackendSimpleEditorUser.png)

As you can see, this user only has access to the "Page" module.
Furthermore its view of the page tree is also limited to the
branch starting with the "Content examples" page.

To switch back to the admin account, click on the user's name
in the top bar and click the "Exit" button (note that this button
normally reads "Logout").

![Exiting the backend user simulation](../../../Images/ManualScreenshots/UserManagement/BackendBackendUsersSimulateExit.png)

### "advanced_editor" {#user-management-advanced-editor}

Now try doing the same with the "advanced_editor". You should
see the following after switching user:

![The backend view for the "advanced\\\_editor"](../../../Images/ManualScreenshots/UserManagement/BackendAdvancedEditorUser.png)

The "advanced_editor" is allowed to use more modules than
"simple_editor" but doesn't have any access to the page tree.
This is probably a bug of the Introduction Package, but it makes
for a good exercise for changing user rights in the next chapters.

> [!NOTE]
> User records can also be accessed using the **WEB > List** module
> and clicking on the root node (the one with the TYPO3 CMS logo).
>
> ![Viewing backend users in the List module](../../../Images/ManualScreenshots/UserManagement/BackendBackendUsersList.png)