---
id: update-user
title: "Update user"
description: "Update a user's role, bookmark quota, or storage quota. Admin access required."
sidebar_label: "Update user"
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---

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import RequestSchema from "@theme/RequestSchema";
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<Heading
  as={"h1"}
  className={"openapi__heading"}
  children={"Update user"}
>
</Heading>

<MethodEndpoint
  method={"put"}
  path={"/admin/users/{userId}"}
  context={"endpoint"}
>
  
</MethodEndpoint>



Update a user's role, bookmark quota, or storage quota. Admin access required.

<Heading
  id={"request"}
  as={"h2"}
  className={"openapi-tabs__heading"}
  children={"Request"}
>
</Heading>

<ParamsDetails
  parameters={[{"schema":{"type":"string","description":"The ID of the user to update","example":"user_123"},"required":true,"name":"userId","in":"path"}]}
>
  
</ParamsDetails>

<RequestSchema
  title={"Body"}
  body={{"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"role":{"type":"string","enum":["user","admin"]},"bookmarkQuota":{"type":"integer","nullable":true,"minimum":0},"storageQuota":{"type":"integer","nullable":true,"minimum":0},"browserCrawlingEnabled":{"type":"boolean","nullable":true}},"description":"User update data","example":{"role":"admin","bookmarkQuota":1000,"storageQuota":5000000000}}}}}}
>
  
</RequestSchema>

<StatusCodes
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  label={undefined}
  responses={{"200":{"description":"User updated successfully","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"success":{"type":"boolean"}},"required":["success"]}}}},"400":{"description":"Bad request - Invalid input data or cannot update own user","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"error":{"type":"string"}},"required":["error"]}}}},"401":{"description":"Unauthorized - Authentication required","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"error":{"type":"string"}},"required":["error"]}}}},"403":{"description":"Forbidden - Admin access required","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"error":{"type":"string"}},"required":["error"]}}}},"404":{"description":"User not found","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"error":{"type":"string"}},"required":["error"]}}}}}}
>
  
</StatusCodes>