# How do i update the roles a user has

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-update-the-roles-a-user-has/56890>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [March 7, 2022, 7:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-update-the-roles-a-user-has/56890 "2022-03-07T07:09:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![liam1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e68b1a/32.png) [@liam1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/liam1)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 7:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-update-the-roles-a-user-has/56890/1 "2022-03-07T07:09:45Z")

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Im working on a user management page, which is just replicating the user and roles page on the gateway.

Im working on the edit feature and I am trying to update the roles a users has.

Here is an example with the username “john” which has the following roles, ‘write’ and ‘read’.

Im trying to update his user profile to has no roles using the code below.

```auto
userToGet = system.user.getUser('operators', 'john')
userToGet.addRoles([])
system.user.editUser('operators', userToGet)

```

This does not work can some please assist

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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 7:57am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-update-the-roles-a-user-has/56890/2 "2022-03-07T07:57:51Z")

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