How to Add a User to Google Search Console

Google Search Console shows how your website appears in Google search: which searches bring people in, which pages are indexed, and whether Google has found any problems. Your web team needs access to watch these reports and fix issues. You add them by email. You never share your password.

Before you start

• You need to be an Owner of the Search Console property to add users.
• The person’s email must be connected to a Google Account.

Steps to add a user

1. Sign in to Google Search Console and choose your website from the property menu at the top left.
2. Click Settings in the left menu.
3. Click Users and permissions.
4. Click Add user.
5. Enter the email address your web team gave you.
6. Choose a permission level (see below), then click Add.

Which permission should you choose?

• Owner: full control, including adding and removing users. Keep this for yourself.
• Full user: can see all data and take most actions, like submitting sitemaps and requesting that pages be indexed. This is the right choice for most web teams.
• Restricted user: can view most data only.

Keep your business as the owner

There are two kinds of owners. A verified owner proved ownership with a code added to the website or domain. A delegated owner was made an owner by someone else. If every verified owner is removed, everyone else loses access too. That is why the verified owner should always be someone at your business, not an outside vendor.

Removing access later

Go to Settings and then Users and permissions, click the menu next to the person’s name, and choose Remove access. If you are removing a verified owner, also ask your web team to remove their verification code from the website, or they could verify again.

Need a hand? If a step looks different on your screen, submit a support ticket and we will walk you through it.