# Admin Access by Plex Users

**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/admin-access-by-plex-users/425966
**Category:** Feature Suggestions
**Created:** [June 23, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/admin-access-by-plex-users/425966 "2019-06-23T16:18:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![mike\_sanchez\_vegas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@mike\_sanchez\_vegas](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mike_sanchez_vegas)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/admin-access-by-plex-users/425966/1 "2019-06-23T16:18:54Z")

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So everybody in my household knows my plex pin. Because when we sit down to watch a movie I have to openly input my pin code. With that information, all one has to do is log on to [plex.tv](http://plex.tv) with their email and password and then on the user screen they can input MY ADMIN PIN and then have complete access to delete/edit content, invite users, adjust settings, etc…

I am requesting another layer of security.

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### Author: ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/admin-access-by-plex-users/425966/2 "2019-06-23T16:27:06Z")

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you could have an own managed (non-admin) user for yourself to watch content on your tv

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### Author: ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/admin-access-by-plex-users/425966/3 "2019-06-23T17:25:57Z")

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If you have this type of users, you should **not** invite them into your Plex Home.  
Then they cannot switch to your account.

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### Author: ![mike\_sanchez\_vegas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@mike\_sanchez\_vegas](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mike_sanchez_vegas)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/admin-access-by-plex-users/425966/4 "2019-06-23T18:21:17Z")

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Agreed. I just want to prevent accidents from users that may not know that their deletions and setting changes are global and not user specific.

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### Author: ![mike\_sanchez\_vegas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@mike\_sanchez\_vegas](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mike_sanchez_vegas)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/admin-access-by-plex-users/425966/5 "2019-06-23T18:22:02Z")

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Genius. I love your out of the box thinking. 😁

I will do this.

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### Author: ![JohnnyGrey86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@JohnnyGrey86](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JohnnyGrey86)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/admin-access-by-plex-users/425966/6 "2019-06-23T20:57:19Z")

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This is what I do. I have my admin account setup just to administer my libraries, server settings, etc. The last account in this screenshot is an account for both my girlfriend and I. That’s the one we actually watch content on.

![plex%20users%20screenshot](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/6/268bf411d94646bdbccc5220c4068d961fa0807f.png)

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### Author: ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2021, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/admin-access-by-plex-users/425966/7 "2021-01-16T20:33:29Z")

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Early 2021 clean-up: fixed by “creative out-of-the-box-thinking” 😛