# Full vs limited admins (/docs/brands/full-vs-limited-admins)

The two kinds of brand admin, what a limited admin can't do, and how to set someone's access level.

Every <Term id="brand-admin">brand admin</Term> is either a **Full admin** or a **Limited admin**. Use limited admins for people who run your creators day to day but shouldn't send money, change what creators are paid, or change who has admin access.

| Access level      | In the app's words                                                               |
| ----------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Full admin**    | Everything, including payments, pay rules and the Base pay and Bonus pay queues. |
| **Limited admin** | Everything except payments, pay rules and admin access.                          |

## What a limited admin can't do [#what-a-limited-admin-cant-do]

A limited admin works like a full admin everywhere else — creators, videos, sets, cycles, analytics, compliance, support, settings — with these exceptions:

- **No Base pay or Bonus pay tabs.** On **Payouts & Cycles**, a limited admin only sees the **Cycles** tab. The other two tabs don't appear, and a link straight to them opens **Cycles** instead. See [Instant base pay](/docs/brands/payouts/instant-base-pay) and [Bonus pay board](/docs/brands/payouts/bonus-pay-board).
- **No paying or marking paid.** A limited admin can't pay a cycle through your payout provider, mark a cycle or a payout as paid or unpaid, delete a payout, or mark a referral payout as paid. In the cycle menu they see **Only full admins can pay or mark payouts paid** instead.
- **No changes to what creators are paid.** That covers a creator's base pay and bonus overrides, **Custom pay** on a set, excluding a set from pay, and the pay rules on <UiPath>Settings › Rules</UiPath>: base pay, the minimum views threshold, the payout model, the bonus model, rates and tiers, referral bonuses and instant base pay. The other rules, such as the time zone, trials, bounties, streaks and video tracking, stay open to them.
- **No "Don't pay bonus".** Skipping a set's bonus happens on the Bonus pay board, so it's full admins only. See [Custom pay and unpaid sets](/docs/brands/videos/custom-pay#dont-pay-bonus).
- **No payout setup or funds.** Connecting or disconnecting the brand's payout account, setting up creators' payout accounts and PayPal details, switching payout providers and adding funds are full admins only. See [Payout providers](/docs/brands/payouts/payout-providers).
- **No API keys.** A limited admin can see the brand's API keys but can't create or revoke them.
- **No pay data through the API or AI agents.** With the [Brand API](/docs/developers/platform-api#brand-api) or an [AI agent](/docs/brands/settings/api-and-ai-agents), a limited admin reads the brand like everywhere else, but not its pay rules, payouts, spend or funds: those answer `forbidden`, whatever the token's permissions.
- **No changes to admin access.** A limited admin can't invite an admin, give or take away anyone's admin access, change anyone's access level, or remove an admin from the brand. On <UiPath>Settings › Team</UiPath> the **Invite admin** button is hidden for them.

A limited admin _can_ still manage the creator side of the team: add or remove someone's creator profile, and everything on the [Creators](/docs/brands/creators/managing-your-roster) pages apart from pay.

<Callout title="Limited admins can still run cycles">

  Creating cycles, editing their dates, generating and recalculating payouts
  all stay on the **Cycles** tab for limited admins. Paying a cycle and marking
  it paid need a full admin.

</Callout>

## Who is always a full admin [#who-is-always-a-full-admin]

Anyone who is an owner or admin of the brand's <Term id="agency">agency</Term> is a full admin of every brand in it, even if someone also gave them a limited admin role inside one brand. The higher access always wins.

## Give someone an access level [#give-someone-an-access-level]

<Steps>
<Step>

### Invite a new admin [#invite-a-new-admin]

Go to <UiPath>Settings › Team</UiPath> and click **Invite admin**. Enter their **Email address**, an optional **Admin name**, and pick an **Access level**: **Full admin** or **Limited admin**. Click **Send invitation**.

Bloss shows a join link you can copy and share. The link expires in 7 days. Pending invitations for limited admins show a **Limited admin** pill.

</Step>
<Step>

### Change an existing member [#change-an-existing-member]

On <UiPath>Settings › Team</UiPath>, click **Manage access** next to the person. With **Admin access** ticked, choose **Full admin** or **Limited admin**, then save.

**Admin access** and **Creator profile** are independent — one person can have both. See [Team & access](/docs/brands/settings/team-and-access).

</Step>
</Steps>

<Screenshot name="brands/member-access-dialog" alt={"Member access dialog with Admin access ticked and the Full admin / Limited admin options"} />

## Safeguards [#safeguards]

- **The last full admin is protected.** You can't demote or remove the brand's last full admin. Promote someone else to full admin first. This keeps at least one person who can manage admin access.
- **Only full admins remove admins.** If you're limited, the remove button explains why it's unavailable: ask a full admin, or an owner or admin of the agency.

## Related [#related]

- [Team & access](/docs/brands/settings/team-and-access)
- [Admin console tour](/docs/brands)
- [How payouts work](/docs/brands/payouts/how-payouts-work)