> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.meilisearch.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Manage team roles

> Assign and change team member roles to control permissions within your Meilisearch Cloud projects.

Team roles determine what each member can do within your Meilisearch Cloud projects. This guide covers the available roles, their permissions, and how to change a member's role.

## Available roles

### Owner

The team owner has full administrative control:

* Create, configure, and delete projects
* Access and modify billing information and plans
* Invite and remove team members
* Change team member roles
* Rename the team
* Transfer team ownership
* [Delete the team](#delete-a-team)

A team may only have one owner at a time. The organization owner can also delete any team in the organization.

### Member

Team members have operational access:

* View all projects in the team
* Perform search queries
* View project settings and [API keys](https://www.meilisearch.com/docs/capabilities/security/how_to/manage_api_keys.md)
* Access project metrics and logs

Members cannot modify billing information, delete projects, manage team membership, or delete the team.

## Transfer team ownership

To transfer ownership to another team member:

1. Navigate to **Organization** and find the **Teams and members** section
2. Click **Transfer ownership** next to the owner name
3. Find the member you want to promote to owner in the dropdown
4. Click **Transfer ownership**

This action transfers your owner privileges to the selected member. You become a regular member of the team. This action cannot be undone without the new owner's cooperation.

## Delete a team

The team owner or the organization owner can delete a team. A team can only be deleted if all of the following are true:

* It has no active projects.
* It has no active add-ons.
* It is not the last team in the organization.

Deleting a team hides it from the dashboard and cancels its pending invitations.

## Role inheritance for projects

Roles apply at the team level and affect all projects within that team. There is no per-project role assignment. If you need different access levels for different projects, consider creating separate teams for each project or group of projects.

Since there are no costs associated with creating teams, you can freely organize your projects across multiple teams to match your access control needs.

## Next steps

> [card] [Teams overview](https://www.meilisearch.com/docs/capabilities/platform/teams/overview.md)
>
> Learn more about teams, multiple teams, and team structure

> [card] [Configure SSO](https://www.meilisearch.com/docs/capabilities/platform/teams/how_to/configure_sso_for_team.md)
>
> Enable Single Sign-On for your team


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