---
title: "Create a user"
slug: "create-a-user"
tags: ["Totara Platform", "Site Administrator", "How-to"]
updated: 2025-07-22T10:52:18Z
published: 2025-07-22T11:18:12Z
canonical: "totara.help/create-a-user"
---

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# Create a user

As a Site Administrator you can manually create user accounts within the Totara system. It is also possible to [upload users](/19/docs/upload-a-user) or connect to an external user database using [HR import](/19/docs/what-is-hr-import).

To manually create a user account, follow these steps:

1. Go to *Quick-access menu >* *Users > Accounts*.
2. Click **Create user**.
3. Complete the compulsory fields (marked with an asterisk).
4. Select **Expand all** from the top-right-hand side of the page to view all available fields for the user profile.
5. Select **Save and view** to save the new user and go to their profile, or **Save and go back** to save the new user and return to the list of users.

Note that enabling the **Generate password and notify user** setting when creating user accounts will cause an email to be sent to the users.

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## Next steps

- [Delete a user](/19/docs/delete-a-user)
- [User settings](/19/docs/user-settings)

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