Manage users

Managing users and user access is an essential part of maintaining your Tailscale network (known as a tailnet).

Invite users to your tailnet

There are different ways that you can invite users to join your tailnet.

Email an invite to users on your custom domain

Learn how to send a team invite by email to one or more email addresses simultaneously.

Invite any user, independent of your domain

Learn how to send end a one-time use invitation to any user you want to join your tailnet.

Manage user access

Control how users are approved to join your tailnet, what access they have to the Tailscale admin console, and when they are removed from your tailnet.

Enable user approval

Learn how to require that a network administrator review and approve a user before they can join the network.

Assign roles to users

Learn about the user Identity & Access Management (IAM) roles used to restrict access to the admin console.

Delete and suspend users

Learn how to remove access for a user previously allowed to use your tailnet.

Configure admin console session timeout

Learn how to configure session timeout in the Tailscale admin console.

Switch the active user in the Tailscale client

Use fast user switching to quickly switch between two or more logged-in accounts on the same device, without requiring you to re-authenticate.

Switch between accounts

Learn how to switch between Tailscale accounts on the same device.