export const meta = {
  title: `Manage authentication for users and groups`,
  description: `Manage authentication for users and groups`
};

In Amplify Studio, you can create and manage users and groups, edit user attributes, and suspend users.

To set authorization rules that allow these users and groups to perform create, read, update, or delete operations on your app data, see [Authorization](/console/authz/authorization).

![user management](/images/studio/auth/user-management.png)

## To create a user

![create user](/images/studio/auth/create-user.png)

1. On the **Manage** menu, choose **User management**.
2. On the **User management** page, choose the **Users** tab and then choose **Create user**.
3. In the **Create user** window, for **Unique identifier** enter a username, email address, or phone number. For **Temporary password** enter a password.
4. Choose **Create user**.

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A user can be confirmed by using the [pre-built UI components](/lib/auth/getting-started/q/platform/js/#enable-sign-up-sign-in-and-sign-out), [Amplify libraries](https://aws-amplify.github.io/amplify-js/api/classes/authclass.html) or [AWS CLI](https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/cognito-idp/confirm-sign-up.html)

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## To modify access for a user

1. On the **User management** page, choose the **Users** tab.
2. Select the name of the user to manage.
3. On the **Actions** menu, choose the action to perform on the user. The options are **Reset password**, **Delete**, **Suspend**, or **Reactivate**.
4. For each menu option, a confirmation window is displayed. Follow the instructions in the confirmation window to complete the action on the user.

## To create a group

![Groups](/images/studio/auth/user-groups.png)

1. On the **User management** page, choose the **Groups** tab and then choose **Create group**.
2. In the **Create group** window, for **Title** enter a name for the group.
3. Choose **Create group**.

## To add a user to a group

1. On the **User management** page, choose the **Groups** tab.
2. Select the name of the group to add users to.
3. Choose **Add user(s)**.
4. In the **Add users to group** window, choose how you want to search for users to add from the **Search** menu. You can choose _Email_, _Phone number_, or _Username_.
5. Choose one user or multiple users to add to the group and then choose **Add users**.

## To delete a group

1. On the **User management** page, choose the **Groups** tab.
2. In the **Groups** section, select the name of the group to delete.
3. Choose **Delete**.
4. A confirmation window is displayed. Enter _Delete_ and choose, **Confirm deletion**.