Manage Users
Last updated on Sep 19, 2026
Create the people who sign in to Maxio, set what each of them can reach, reset a password, or deactivate someone who has left. You do all of it from Admin > Settings > Users.
How the user list works
The Users page lists everyone in your system, filtered to active users by default. Remove the filter to see deactivated users alongside them.

Click an email address to open that user's profile. Creating and editing other users requires an Admin Role.
Create a User
Adding a user creates their login and sets which roles they hold from the outset.
To create a user
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Click Add User in the top-right section of the screen above the User List. This opens the Create New Maxio User screen.

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Enter the following information about the new user:
- First Name and Last Name
- Email Address and Confirm Email Address: Enter the same email in both fields, for verification. The email address also becomes the user's login.
- Enable 2FA: Check this box to prompt the user to set up two-factor authentication at their first log in.
- Access Controls: Give the user Admin access across the account, or set a specific role per application. See Understand User Roles and Access Controls for what each role can do.
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Click Save. Maxio sends the new user a welcome email containing a link to set their password and authenticate into their account, and confirms on screen that the email was sent.
Important: If your account has Require Two-Factor Authentication turned on, Enable 2FA is checked and cannot be changed. Under Enterprise SSO the checkbox stays editable, but two-factor authentication is handled by your identity provider rather than by Maxio.
Edit a User
Editing covers a user's profile and their roles. Their password is handled separately, in the section that follows.
To edit a user
- Locate the user you want to edit.
- Click the menu icon at the start of that user's row and select Edit.
- Make any needed changes to the user's profile. Changing their password is covered in the next section.
- Once you have made your needed changes, be sure to click the Save button.
The edit screen also carries an Active checkbox, which enables or disables login privileges for the user. To cut off a user's access immediately, use Deactivate a User instead.
Reset a User's Password
What happens depends on how the user signs in. For a user with a linked Maxio identity, Maxio sends them a password reset email rather than letting you set one. For an Enterprise SSO user, Maxio refuses and directs you to your identity provider. Only a legacy user without a linked identity gets a password you set yourself.
To reset a user's password
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Locate the user whose password you want to reset.
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Click the menu icon at the start of that user's row and select Change Password.

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Enter and confirm the new password. Because this password is temporary, it is not held to your account's password policy.
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Leave Generate Notification checked to see a confirmation screen containing the new password and your login URL, so you can pass both to the user. Clear it to return straight to the user list.
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Click Save.
For what the user receives, and what to do when a reset email does not arrive, see Reset a User's Password.
The user is prompted to change this password the next time they log in.
Important: Generate Notification appears only when you change another user's password. Changing your own password follows your account's password policy in full, and no notification screen is shown.
Deactivate a User
Maxio does not delete user accounts. Instead, you can deactivate them. Deactivation prevents login access and preserves audit trail data and report ownership.
- Locate the user you want to deactivate.
- Click the menu icon at the start of that user's row and select Deactivate.
- Confirm the deactivation by clicking Deactivate.

The user is now deactivated and cannot log in.
If Activity Logs is enabled for your account, you can still filter it by that user's username to review what they did before deactivation.
You cannot deactivate your own account, so Deactivate does not appear on your own row.
To reactivate a user, select the Re-activate option from the same menu.

Related information
For what each role can actually do, see Understand User Roles and Access Controls.
To move a user between organizations, see Switch Organizations from Maxio Core.
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