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Allow Super Admins to "Impersonate" other users (or log-in as them)

: Idea Submitted
mpike
Submitted by on ‎Jun 7, 2018 1:08 PM

Haven't seen this setting - if it exists, feel free to jump in!

 

As a super admin - I would like the ability to log-in as or impersonate other users. This would allow me to diagnose issues and ensure settings are correct more easily.

 

For example - changing the bcc email address for one user - I could log into the others accounts and change that for all rather than 1) having all their passwords 2) going over to their computers to change it for them or 3) relying on them to change it themselves.

 

Our CMS has this feature and our CRM (Sugar CRM) has this feature and it is very useful.

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18 Replies
onebravegirl
New Contributor
‎Jul 5, 2018 9:21 PM

Desperately need this. I need to log in as a Sales Pro user and make some email templates public and I cannot login as the user. I would also like the ability for the Super Admin to be able to reset the password (not send a notification to the user of a password reset) so that the super admin can log in immediately to the account instead of having to ask the sales pro user for their password.

trifectanetwork
Occasional Contributor
‎Jan 16, 2019 3:44 PM

Can you move this post? 

windyfilms
New Member
‎Apr 4, 2019 2:58 PM

is there any update re this? feature?

DavidSPW
Occasional Contributor
‎May 9, 2019 5:00 PM

This would solve several issues for me. Please do this!

suek357
New Contributor
‎Jun 4, 2019 4:52 PM

Critical need for this, especially as not all users on the platform are comfortable with I would suggest as a next upgrade to allow SuperAdmins to do some of this set up themselves, as some folks 'technical chops' just don't align with that type of set up...in addition, it doesn't facilitate corporate standardization throughout the platform of things like signatures, etc.

jbotelho
Occasional Contributor
‎Aug 19, 2019 9:38 AM

Agreed! This functionality would be very helpful. 

bthomps0617
Occasional Contributor
‎Oct 1, 2019 4:08 PM - edited ‎Oct 1, 2019 4:10 PM

As a former Salessforce Certified Admin this was one of the most valuable functionalities an Admin needs. HubSpot Admins have to have Login In As User permission either as a default in the setup or with permission granted by the User. 

HubSpot Support has this functionality; Super Admins should have it too. Or create another level of Admin.

noamkahn
HubSpot Employee
HubSpot Employee
‎Feb 4, 2020 3:10 PM - edited ‎Feb 4, 2020 3:11 PM

let's make this happen! would be good for changing profile images, names, etc of other users who forgot to do it

CICE
New Contributor
‎Feb 21, 2020 1:20 PM

@noamkahn, Any idea on a timeline? We would find this super helpful for all of the above reasons, plus, being able to set task queues for a sales team following tradeshows and such.

vneri
New Contributor
‎Mar 4, 2020 1:47 AM

Would be very helpful to test team accessibility settings when partitioning contacts through the team feature

peepee79
New Contributor
‎Mar 4, 2020 9:18 AM

We really need this feature, especially for a new account setup. Many more users now have two factor authentication setup so even if we have the user passwords we are finding it very difficult to assist clients.

Please let us know if thi sis a fetaure that is in development!

 

 

 

chorleynewman
Visitor
‎Mar 8, 2020 5:59 AM

Any updates on this?

cchristopher
New Contributor
‎Mar 26, 2020 1:55 PM

Need this for people who won't make changes or who can't figure out how to make certain changes.

For remote workforce, this is essential. 

 

I can see how some people would NOT want this, therefore:

  • It should be a setting that's enabled with a permissions pop-up that requires the main account decisionmaker to approve it.
  • There should be a workflow that allows an admin to request the setting be enabled, then the decisionmaker has to log in and click an approval button that has an explanation of the ramifications.
  • There should also be an option for the decisionmaker to enable it only for 30 min, 24 hrs, 7 days, 30 days, or forever
bthomps0617
Occasional Contributor
‎Mar 26, 2020 2:22 PM

Salesforce has been doing this forever. The System Admin has a permission that allows login as user. It can be turned off. Users have the ability to grant permission of a number of time periods including always. If you don't want to make it available to Super Admins, then don't use Super Admins.

NilsK
Occasional Contributor
‎Mar 28, 2020 8:35 AM

PLEASE DO IT! It would save us so much time setting e.g. signature for everyone, profil image and so on

Pickers
New Contributor
‎Apr 29, 2020 4:35 AM

Amen to this...its a basic piece of functionality that is desperately needed. 

Wim
New Contributor
‎Apr 29, 2020 8:23 AM

I am from an ERP background. It is normal that an admin can check the rights and what a user can see. I can not understand that a great tool like Hubspot does not have this.

rad
HubSpot Employee
HubSpot Employee
‎Apr 29, 2020 6:21 PM

Hi all, just wanted to flag that this thread is a duplicate of: https://community.hubspot.com/t5/HubSpot-Ideas/Admin-login-as-other-user/idi-p/34201 this idea here, which we just provided an update to. We're aware of this ask & it's a problem we're interested in solving in the future, but we don't have anything to announce just yet.