> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Shared Accounts

> Let several people work through one linked account instead of each linking their own.

Share an account when several people should work through one login, rather than each linking their own. Everyone acts through the same login, without needing its credentials.

<Accordion title="Restrict a connector profile or share an account?">
  A user can reach a provider by linking their own account through a connector profile, or by using an account someone else has already linked:

  | | [Connector Profile Access](/secure/identity-and-access/roles-and-groups/connector-profile-access) | [Shared Accounts](/secure/identity-and-access/roles-and-groups/shared-accounts) |
  | - | - | - |
  | Question it answers | Who may connect? | Who may use this connection? |
  | Whose credentials are used | Each user's own | The account owner's |
  | What gets created | A new linked account per user | Nothing new, just access to an existing one |
  | Typical reason | The configuration is privileged or sensitive | One login should serve several people |
</Accordion>

Example cases:

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="The support team works from one shared mailbox">
    A support lead and a team of agents who all answer customers from one shared inbox.

    1. The support lead links the mailbox once.
    2. They grant each agent **Account Member** on it.
    3. Agents send replies through the mailbox without needing its password.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="One licensed login for a team">
    A team of analysts sharing the company's single licensed seat on a reporting tool.

    1. The person who links the reporting tool's single seat becomes its **Account Admin**.
    2. They grant the analysts **Account Member** on it.
    3. Everyone runs reports through that one seat.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Recruiters need to use the head of talent's recruiting login">
    The head of talent holds the only admin login for the recruiting system. Two recruiters need to use it, without connecting their own.

    1. Restrict the recruiting system's connector profile to the head of talent, as **Connector Profile Member**.
    2. The head of talent links the admin login through it.
    3. They grant the two recruiters **Account Member** on that linked account.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

To share an account another user linked, grant a role on that [linked account](/gateway/concepts/linked-accounts):

| Role | Access |
| - | - |
| **Account Admin** | Run actions, edit, delete, re-authenticate, and manage who else has access. |
| **Account Member** | Run actions only. |

<Frame>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/stackone-60/p973ajpCTsOrQVNv/images/secure/identity-and-access/role-access/account-roles.svg?fit=max&auto=format&n=p973ajpCTsOrQVNv&q=85&s=1b36445080ab9225ac8ca1c070c7521d" alt="Account roles shown for two Project Members of Project 1, granted roles on the account User C linked. User A, the Account Admin, manages it. User B, the Account Member, uses it. Both can link accounts through the project's connector profiles, and neither has access to the account User D linked, members and security settings, or Project 2." width="942" height="788" data-path="images/secure/identity-and-access/role-access/account-roles.svg" />
</Frame>

## Share an account

Before sharing an account:

* You need **Account Admin** on it.
* The person must already be in the account's project, or be an **Organization Admin**.

1. Go to [**Accounts**](https://app.stackone.com/accounts) and open the account.
2. Select its **Access** tab.
3. Click **Add Members**, select the people, and choose **Account Admin** or **Account Member**.

To share it with a whole group, see [Assign a group to an account](/secure/identity-and-access/roles-and-groups/groups#assign-a-group-to-an-account).

## Related

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Connector Profile Access" icon="user-lock" href="/secure/identity-and-access/roles-and-groups/connector-profile-access">
    Control who can connect through a connector profile in the first place.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Which role applies" icon="scale-balanced" href="/secure/identity-and-access/roles-and-groups/overview#which-role-applies">
    How a shared account's roles combine with project roles and groups.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>


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