# Manage Organizations and Users

Every human Fordefi user is a member of at least one organization and can be a
member of multiple organizations.

An organization is an account or workspace that contains one or more user, as
well as their vaults, policies, and more.

## Administrate users

Admins administrate all users in the User Management screen, accessed directly
from the side menu.

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The screen shows users' names, emails, roles, and statuses. You can search users
by name and email.

Admins can perform the following actions on users:

- [Add a user](/user-guide/organization-management/add-user)
- [Add a viewer](/user-guide/organization-management/add-viewer)
- [Change a user's role](/user-guide/organization-management/change-user-role)
- [Delete a user](/user-guide/organization-management/delete-user)
- [Edit a user's display name](/user-guide/organization-management/edit-displayed-user-name)
- [Manage user groups](/user-guide/organization-management/manage-user-groups)
- [Manage viewing permissions](/user-guide/vaults/manage-viewing-permissions)
- [Reset a user's device](/user-guide/organization-management/reset-a-users-device)
- [Export audit logs](/user-guide/export-audit-logs)
- [Add an API User](/developers/authentication#create-an-api-user-and-token)


## User types and roles

There are three types of users in the Fordefi platform:

- **Person**: A human user of the platform. Only a person can have an admin
role.
- **API user**: An API client key that is trying to interact with the platform.
See
[Create an API User and token](/developers/authentication#create-an-api-user-and-token).
- **API signer**: Used to auto-sign transactions. There is a single API signer
at any given time and it is managed under the **Settings** screen. See
[Sign Transactions with the API Signer](/developers/getting-started/set-up-an-api-signer).


In addition, there are three possible user roles, which define the permissions
that the user is given:

- **Admin**: A user with high privileges in the organization. Only admins have
permission to [manage the policy](/user-guide/policies),
[set up the backup](/user-guide/backup-and-recover-private-keys),
[manage the address book](/user-guide/address-book), and
[add](/user-guide/organization-management/add-user) or remove users in the
organization. Only a person can have an admin role.
- **Trader**: A user who can [create vaults](/user-guide/vaults/create-a-vault) and
[transactions](/user-guide/manage-transactions).
- **Viewer**: A user who has full view of the organization's users, addresses,
and policies, as well as of the vaults and transactions, but does not have
permissions to create them.


## Multiple organizations

A company can have multiple business units, for example, one for testing
purposes and another for production. Multiple Fordefi organizations facilitate
that logical division. Users can be members of multiple organizations, without
requiring more than a single email address for them all.

Click your user avatar at the upper-left corner of the Fordefi web console to
choose the organization you wish to view or perform transactions in. In this
image, the user [davidbowie@fordefi.com](mailto:davidbowie@fordefi.com) is a
member of three organizations.

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To add organizations, contact Fordefi.