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title: Switch to User Account
description: "### Overview The **User Switching** feature in ScholarLMS allows administrators, managers, and designated roles to switch between user accounts without requiring passwords. This is useful for troubleshooting, support, and reviewing the learning experience from a user’s perspective. ![admin switch to…"
url: "https://www.scholarlms.com/docs/switch-to-user-account/"
updated: "2025-02-27"
category: User Management
---

# Switch to User Account

### Overview

The **User Switching** feature in ScholarLMS allows administrators, managers, and designated roles to switch between user accounts without requiring passwords. This is useful for troubleshooting, support, and reviewing the learning experience from a user’s perspective.

![admin switch to user feature](https://s3media.scholarlms.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/15123059/admin-switch-to-user-feature.jpg)

### Who Can Use User Switching?

By default, only users with the "Switch User" capability can access this feature. Typically, this includes:

- Administrators
- Site Managers
- Editing Teachers (if assigned the capability)

This feature is not available for regular users, students, unless explicitly granted the required permissions.

### How to Switch to Another User

**1. From All Users page**

- Go to Users > All Users in your ScholarLMS dashboard.
- Find the user you want to switch to.
- Click the “Switch User” link from the three dots icon.
- Click 'Continue' on the Notice page, and you will be instantly logged in as that user.

![Admin user switching account](https://s3media.scholarlms.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/15123103/admin-user-switch-user.jpg)

**2. From the User profile page**

- If you are already viewing a user’s profile, you can switch directly from there.
- This method is convenient when you’re already on a user’s profile or find it easier to access their account from this page.

![Admin user profile switching account](https://s3media.scholarlms.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/15123102/admin-user-profile-switching.jpg)

**3. Perform Actions as the Switched User**

- You can now experience the LMS as the selected user.
- Any changes you make (e.g., submitting assignments, changing settings) will be recorded as if they were done by that user.

**4. Return to Your Original Account**

- Click the “Exit access” button on header bar to revert to your original account.

### Security Precaution: Disabled User-Generated Scripts

When switching to another user, you may encounter this message:

> "As a security precaution, user-generated scripts have been disabled within this session."

![admin user switching notice](https://s3media.scholarlms.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/15123101/admin-user-switching-notice.jpg)

This means that any custom JavaScript or scripts that were uploaded or injected by users (such as those added via third-party plugins, custom HTML blocks, or user-generated content) are disabled for the duration of the switched session.

This is a security measure to prevent cross-user scripting vulnerabilities, ensuring that switching between accounts does not expose sensitive data or allow unauthorized script execution.

However, core system scripts and built-in platform functionality remain active, so most standard LMS operations should work as expected.

### Best Practices & Limitations

- **Avoid making critical changes** while switched into another user’s account.
- **Test courses and site settings carefully** to ensure they behave as expected.
- **Logout and log back in manually** if you encounter unexpected issues.
- **User-generated scripts will be re-enabled** once you log back into your original account.

This feature enhances support efficiency while maintaining security and accountability within ScholarLMS.