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title: "Adding backend users"
manual: "TYPO3 Explained"
version: "14.3"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:creating-a-new-user-for-the-introduction-site@14.3"
source: "Administration/UserManagement/UserSetup/Index.rst"
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# Adding backend users {#creating-a-new-user-for-the-introduction-site}

If you do not have backend user groups set up, go to chapter
[Backend user groups](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:groups@14.3).

If you need to create an administrator or system maintainer, go to chapter
[Backend Privileges](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:privileges@14.3).

**Table of contents**

-   [Create a new backend user via a console command](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:create-a-new-backend-user-via-a-console-command@14.3)
-   [Create a backend user in the TYPO3 backend](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:create-a-backend-user-in-the-typo3-backend@14.3)
-   [Simulate user](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:simulate-user-1@14.3)

## Create a new backend user via a console command {#setup-user}

You can quickly create a backend user using a TYPO3 console command and following
the prompt:

**DDEV**

```bash
ddev typo3 typo3 backend:user:create
```

**Composer**

```bash
vendor/bin/typo3 typo3 backend:user:create
```

**Classic**

```bash
typo3/sysext/core/bin/typo3 typo3 backend:user:create
```

## Create a backend user in the TYPO3 backend {#step-create-the-user}

If you prefer to use the TYPO3 backend, in the backend module
**Administration > Users** use the dropdown in the
module header to switch back to the "Backend Users" submodule. There is a
button to create a new backend user there.

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Until TYPO3 V14 this module was called System > Backend Users.

![The main submodule Backend users of the backend user module](../../../Images/ManualScreenshots/UserManagement/BackendUserCreate.png)

Enter the username, password and group membership:

![Setting the base information for the new user](../../../Images/ManualScreenshots/UserManagement/Users/TabGeneral.png)

> [!NOTE]
> If creating a new administrator, use button **Create admin**
> or check the "Admin (!)" box. Admin users don't need to belong
> to a group, although this can still be useful to share
> special settings among administrators.

## Simulate user {#simulate-user}

Save and close the record. We will check the result of our work
by using the simulate user feature we saw earlier.

![A backend user in the backend user module with their action buttons.](../../../Images/ManualScreenshots/UserManagement/SimulateEditor.png)

If you used the default "Editors" group you should see this:

![The TYPO3 backend viewed by a standard editor](../../../Images/ManualScreenshots/UserManagement/SwitchUserMode.png)