# Changing user roles
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User roles can only be changed by an Administrator.
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Administrators can assign users specific roles in accordance with their responsibilities.
**Note:** Every user who registers for a Tablion account will be assigned the Researcher role by default.
### How to change user roles
1. Select 'Admin tools' from your username dropdown.
2. Select 'Users'.
3. Select the email of the user account that you wish to change the role of.
4. Select the role you'd like this user to have from the 'User Type' dropdown.
5. Select update.
**Note:** Once selected, the following roles can be assigned data sets or data passports as required via an additional field (below):
* Data request approver
* Request and passport approver
* Data facilitator.
