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title: "Backend user management"
manual: "TYPO3 Explained"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:user-management@main"
source: "Administration/UserManagement/Index.rst"
modified: "2026-09-16T13:05:25+00:00"
---

# Backend user management

> [!IMPORTANT]
> This chapter (and the following) cover modules that are only available for backend users
> with ["admin"](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:admin-user@main) access privileges.

We saw earlier that TYPO3 CMS enforces a strict separation of
"frontend" and "backend". The same is true for users:
there are "frontend users", who are web site visitors, and
"backend users", who are editors and administrators.

Working with frontend users is discussed in the [Editors Guide](https://docs.typo3.org/m/typo3/tutorial-editors/main/en-us/AccessControl/Login/Index.html#frontend-login).
We will now look at backend users and how to set up groups and
permissions.

**[Adding Backend Users](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:backendusers@main)**

Create additional backend users that will have access to TYPO3's
backend interface.

**[Groups and Permissions](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:groups@main)**

User user groups to manage the permissions of your backend users /
editors.

**[Changing The Backend Language](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:backendlanguages@main)**

Setup additional backend languages in TYPO3 allowing users to select
an alternative language to use in the backend.

-   [Backend Users module](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:backend-users-module@main)
-   [Adding backend users](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:adding-backend-users@main)
-   [Administrators](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:privileges@main)
-   [Groups](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:groups@main)
    -   [Permission details](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:setting-up-user-permissions@main)
-   [Page permissions](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:page-permissions-1@main)
-   [Language](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:backendlanguages@main)