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title: Manage users
seotitle: Manage users in InfluxDB
description: Manage users in InfluxDB using the InfluxDB UI or the influx CLI.
influxdb/v2.2/tags: [users, authentication]
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  influxdb_2_2:
    name: Manage users
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products: [oss]
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Users are those with access to InfluxDB.
To grant a user permission to access data, add them as a [member of an organization](/influxdb/v2.2/organizations/members/)
and provide them with an [API token](/influxdb/v2.2/security/tokens/).

The following articles walk through managing users.

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#### InfluxDB 2.x/1.x compatibility
If you [upgraded from 1.x to {{< current-version >}}](/influxdb/v2.2/upgrade/v1-to-v2/),
use the [`influx v1 auth`](/influxdb/v2.2/reference/cli/influx/v1/auth/) commands
to manage authorizations for the InfluxDB [1.x compatibility API](/influxdb/v2.2/reference/api/influxdb-1x/).
{{% /note %}}

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