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Every user can view and edit their own user details. Administrators can also change the access level (useradministrator or inactive user) for any user. For more information about user access levels, see Users.

Editing other users’ details

You cannot edit details for other users, even if you’re an administrator.

 

To edit your user details  x

  1. On the Settings menu, click My business details. Then, click the Users link.
    The Users page appears, with a list of all the users for your MYOB Essentials business.
  2. Click Change my details.
    The Change details area of the page appears.
  3. Make any changes.
  4. Click Save to save your changes.

 

To change a user’s access level  x

Only administrators can change a user’s access level.

There are two user access levels: user and administrator. You can also mark a user as an inactive user. For more information about user access levels, see Users.

  1. On the Settings menu, click My business details. Then, click the Users link.
    The Users page appears, with a list of all the users for your MYOB Essentials business.
  2. Select the user for whom you want to change the access level, and click Change access level.

    Administrators can’t change their own access level.
  3. The Change access level area of the page appears.
  4. If you want to:
    • make a user an administrator, select Administrator.
    • make an administrator a user, select User.
    • make a user or administrator inactive, select Inactive user.
  5. Click Save to save your changes.

  

To replace a sole administrator  x

If your business decides to delete its only administrator, that administrator will have to create a replacement before being deleted. This is because administrators can’t delete themselves.

Only administrators can delete other administrators.
  1. Create a replacement administrator by either creating a new user (see To create a user) and making them an administrator (see To change a user’s access level), or making an existing user an administrator (see To change a user’s access level).
  2. Log in to MYOB Essentials as the replacement administrator.
  3. On the Settings menu, click My business details. Then, click the Users link.
    The Users page appears, with a list of all the users for your MYOB Essentials business.
  4. Select the old administrator and click Change access level.
    The Change access level area of the page appears.
  5. Change the old administrator’s access level to:
    • User, if you still want to allow the old administrator access to MYOB Essentials.
    • Inactive user, If you want to remove the old administrator’s access to MYOB Essentials.
  6. Click Save to save your changes.

 

To delete a user  x

Only administrators can delete users. However, administrators can’t delete themselves, and require another administrator to do so.
  1. On the Settings menu, click My business details. Then, click the Users link.
  2. The Users page appears, with list of all the users for your MYOB Essentials business.
  3. Select the user you want to delete and click Delete.
  4. A confirmation message appears.
  5. Click Yes to delete the user.