Manage a user's security settings

As an administrator for your organization's Google Workspace or Cloud Identity service, you can view and manage security settings for a user. For example, you can reset a user's password, add or remove security keys for multi-factor authentication, and reset user sign-in cookies.

Open user security settings

To complete these steps, you need the appropriate administrator privileges. Depending on your privileges, you might not see all the controls needed to complete these steps. Learn more about administrator privileges.

  1. Sign in with an administrator account to the Google Admin console.

    If you aren’t using an administrator account, you can’t access the Admin console.

  2. Go to Menu and then Directory > Users.
  3. In the Users list, find the user.

    Tip: To find a user, you can also type the user's name or email address in the search box at the top of your Admin console. If you need help, go to find a user account.

  4. Click the user’s name to open their account page.
  5. At the top, click Security


  6. View or manage the user's security settings by using the following steps.

View and manage user security settings

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