# Managing accounts and local groups

> Organization administrators can view, add, edit, or remove accounts and groups for the organization from the **Accounts & local groups** page at the organization level.

Organization administrators can view, add, edit, or remove accounts and groups for the organization from the **Accounts & local groups** page at the organization level.

## Creating local groups

You can add new local groups if you want to define a custom mix of roles and license allocation rules to use for a particular group of accounts. For example, the ones needed by your colleagues in the Accounting department to use the UiPath platform.

1. Go to **Admin** and select the organization at the top of the panel on the left.
2. Select **Accounts & local groups**.

   The **Accounts & local groups** page for the organization opens on the **User accounts** tab.
3. Select the **Local groups** tab.
4. Select **Add local group**. The **Add group** window is displayed.
5. Fill in the **Name** field.
6. In the **Names** field, type to search and then select an entry from the results to add it to the group.

   Only accounts that already exist on the **User accounts** page are available.

   If you enabled a , you can also search for users and groups from the linked directory.
7. Select **Add** at the bottom of the panel to create the group.

   The panel displays a success message and offers the option to create a license allocation rule for the group.
8. If you want to create a license allocation rule for this group, select **Create Allocation Rule**.

   Otherwise, select **Close** at the bottom of the panel and skip the remaining steps.
9. Select the checkboxes for the user licenses that you want to automatically assign to current and future members of this group.
10. Select **Save** at the bottom of the panel. Your new group is now listed in the **Local groups** page.

## Creating accounts

For information about the different account types, refer to [About accounts and groups](https://docs.uipath.com/test-cloud/automation-suite/2.2510/admin-guide/about-accounts#about-accounts-and-groups).

### Creating user accounts

For information about working with user accounts, refer to [Managing user accounts](https://docs.uipath.com/test-cloud/automation-suite/2.2510/admin-guide/managing-user-accounts#managing-user-accounts).

### Creating robot accounts

For more information about robot accounts refer to [Robot accounts](https://docs.uipath.com/test-cloud/automation-suite/2.2510/admin-guide/about-accounts#robot-accounts).

To create a robot account, take the following steps:

1. Navigate to **Admin** and select the organization.
2. Select **Accounts & local groups**.

   The **Accounts & local groups** page for the organization opens on the **User accounts** tab.
3. Select the **Robot accounts** tab.
4. Select **Add robot account**.

   The **Add Robot Account** panel opens.
5. In the **Name** field, type a descriptive name for the account.
6. Optionally, under **Group membership**, select the checkbox for groups to which you want to add the account.

   Adding the account to one or more groups means it inherits any roles, user licenses, or robot settings defined for the group.
7. Select **Add**.

   A success message appears and further guidance is displayed.

   The robot account is added and is now visible on the **Robot accounts** page. It is also added to the groups you selected.

Continue the setup of the robot account in UiPath® Orchestrator as you would set up a user account for unattended use: [Configuring robot accounts to run unattended automations](https://docs.uipath.com/orchestrator/v0/docs/configuring-robot-accounts-to-run-unattended-automation) .

## Removing an account or group

To remove an account or group, take the following steps:

1. Go to **Admin** and select the organization at the top of the panel on the left.
2. Select **Accounts & local groups**.
3. To remove a user account, select the **User accounts** tab. Alternatively, to remove a local group, select the **Local groups** tab.
4. Look for the user account or group you want to remove, then at the right end of the row, select the three-dot button, then choose **Delete**.
5. Confirm the action in the confirmation dialog.

Alternatively, you can remove accounts and groups using the user and group profiles. For details, refer to [Managing user and group profiles](https://docs.uipath.com/test-cloud/automation-suite/2.2510/admin-guide/managing-accounts-and-groups#managing-user-and-group-profiles).

## Managing user and group profiles

As an organization admin, you can manage user and group profiles from a single location that allows you to customize group memberships, handle licenses, monitor access, and update user and group info.

To access user and group profiles, navigate to **Admin** > **Accounts & local groups** > **User accounts**, then select the user account or group you want to manage.

### Managing user profiles

To manage the profile of a user account, navigate to **Admin** > **Accounts & local groups** > **User accounts**, then select the user account you want to manage. You can perform the following operations:

* In the **Group memberships** tab: View, add, or remove group memberships.
* In the **Licenses** tab: View, assign, or remove license allocation.
* In the **Access** tab: View or export details on permissions and role assignment.
* In the **Info** tab: Rename or delete local users.
  :::note
  * You cannot delete or rename directory users or the last admin.
  * An organization must always have at least one admin. If you need to
  replace the current administrator, first add the new user to the **Administrators** group (**Admin** > **Accounts & local user groups** > **User accounts** > **Group memberships** > **Add memberships**). After the new admin is assigned, open the previous administrator's account and remove their **Administrators** group membership. This ensures that the role is transferred while always keeping at least one active organization admin.
  :::

### Managing group profiles

To manage the profile of a user group, navigate to **Admin** > **Accounts & local groups** > **Local groups**, then select the group you want to manage. You can perform the following operations:

* In the **Members** tab: Add or remove users to or from a local group.
  :::note
  All local or directory users added to Private Test Cloud are part of the **Everyone** group. You cannot view the members in the **Everyone** group.
  :::
  :::important
  Known limitation: The search results for local group members are not displayed beyond the first page, regardless of whether the query matches the search result.
  :::
* In the **Licenses** tab: View, assign, or remove license allocation.
* In the **Access** tab: View or export access details.
* In the **Group** info tab: Rename or delete local groups.
  :::note
  You cannot delete or rename directory groups or built-in groups (**Everyone**, **Automation Users**, **Administrators**, etc.).
  :::