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Adding and removing GitHub App managers in your organization

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Organization owners can grant or revoke access for a user to manage some or all of the GitHub Apps owned by the organization.

About GitHub App managers

Organization owners can designate other users in their organization as GitHub App managers. GitHub App managers can manage the settings of some or all of the GitHub App registrations that are owned by the organization. The GitHub App manager role does not grant users access to install and uninstall GitHub Apps on an organization. For more information about the specific app settings that a GitHub App manager can control, see "Modifying a GitHub App registration."

For more information about GitHub App manager permissions, see "Roles in an organization."

Giving someone the ability to manage all GitHub Apps owned by the organization

  1. In the upper-right corner of GitHub Enterprise Server, select your profile photo, then click Your organizations.

    Screenshot of the dropdown menu under @octocat's profile picture. "Your organizations" is outlined in dark orange.

  2. Next to the organization, click Settings.

  3. In the left sidebar, select Developer settings then click GitHub Apps.

  4. At the bottom of the "Management" section, in the search field, type the username of the person you want to designate as a GitHub App manager in the organization, then click Grant.

Giving someone the ability to manage an individual GitHub App

  1. In the upper-right corner of GitHub Enterprise Server, select your profile photo, then click Your organizations.

    Screenshot of the dropdown menu under @octocat's profile picture. "Your organizations" is outlined in dark orange.

  2. Next to the organization, click Settings.

  3. In the left sidebar, select Developer settings then click GitHub Apps.

  4. Under "GitHub Apps", click on the avatar of the app you'd like to add a GitHub App manager for.

  5. In the left sidebar, click App managers.

  6. At the bottom of the "App managers" section, in the search field, type the username of the person you want to designate as a GitHub App manager for the app, then click Grant.

Removing a GitHub App manager's permissions for the entire organization

  1. In the upper-right corner of GitHub Enterprise Server, select your profile photo, then click Your organizations.

    Screenshot of the dropdown menu under @octocat's profile picture. "Your organizations" is outlined in dark orange.

  2. Next to the organization, click Settings.

  3. In the left sidebar, select Developer settings then click GitHub Apps.

  4. Under "Management", next to the person you want to remove GitHub App manager permissions from, click Revoke.

Removing a GitHub App manager's permissions for an individual GitHub App

  1. In the upper-right corner of GitHub Enterprise Server, select your profile photo, then click Your organizations.

    Screenshot of the dropdown menu under @octocat's profile picture. "Your organizations" is outlined in dark orange.

  2. Next to the organization, click Settings.

  3. In the left sidebar, select Developer settings then click GitHub Apps.

  4. Under "GitHub Apps", click on the avatar of the app you'd like to remove a GitHub App manager from.

  5. In the left sidebar, click App managers.

  6. Under "App managers", next to the person you want to remove GitHub App manager permissions from, click Revoke.