User management

The user that creates an Ably account is assigned the account owner role. An account owner has permission to undertake any action within an account, such as inviting new users. There are two other account roles that inherit a subset of an account owner’s permissions. An account can only have a single account owner.

Users can be assigned to the following roles. Each user may be assigned multiple roles:

• Developer
• Billing
• Admin
• Owner

User roles have the following permissions:

To add or remove roles from a user:

1. Log in to your account.
2. Select Users from the account navigation dropdown.
3. Click the checkboxes corresponding to the roles you want to add or remove.

To invite a new user to your account:

1. Log in to your account.
2. Select Users from the account navigation dropdown.
3. Click Invite new user.
4. Enter the user’s first name and email address, then click Invite.
5. The user can then follow the instructions emailed to them to join your account.

To remove a user from your account:

1. Log in to your account.
2. Select Users from the account navigation dropdown.
3. Click the Delete button next to the user to remove from the account.
4. Confirm the action.

Follow this process to delete your Ably account. Only an account owner can initiate this process.