---
title: "View API clients"
slug: "manage-api-clients"
updated: 2025-07-22T10:52:18Z
published: 2025-07-22T11:18:07Z
canonical: "totara.help/manage-api-clients"
---

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

# Manage API clients

When using the [external API](/19/docs/what-is-the-external-api), clients are required to specify access control and services for each external system that you integrate with your site. By creating separate clients for each use of your API, you can manage access control and audit usage by client.

Once you have [enabled APIs on your site](/19/docs/enable-apis), you can manage your API clients by following these steps:

1. As a Site Administrator, go to *Quick-access menu > Development > API > API Clients* to see system-level API clients. To see tenant-level clients, go to *Quick-access menu > Tenants* then select a tenant. Then go to *API > API Clients* in the navigation block to view that tenant's API clients. If you are a Tenant Domain Manager, go to your tenant category then select *API > API Clients* in the navigation block.
2. You can click the down arrow for a client to expand its section, allowing you to see the **Client ID**, **Client secret**, and **Status**.
3. You can click the icon of three dots (![three_dots(1)](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/three_dots(1).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-01T17%3A01%3A22Z&se=2026-11-01T18%3A01%3A22Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=Bznbxg91WDocD2ABsUlq%2B4SozhTqg1pizEiLakjfyoY%3D)) to access several actions for that client:
  - [Edit client details](/19/docs/edit-an-api-client)
  - [Edit client settings](/19/docs/edit-an-api-client)
  - [Enable / Disable](/19/docs/enable-or-disable-an-api-client)
  - [Delete the client](/19/docs/delete-an-api-client)

Only users with the **totara/api:manageclients** capability are able to view and manage API clients. By default this includes Site Administrators, Site Managers and Tenant Domain Managers.As well as site-level clients, tenant-level clients are also supported. By default, the **totara/api:manageclients** capability will be granted to Site Managers and Tenant Domain Managers only. As a Tenant Domain Manager you can access a tenant-specific version of this page.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/image-1663931378477.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-01T17%3A01%3A22Z&se=2026-11-01T18%3A01%3A22Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=Bznbxg91WDocD2ABsUlq%2B4SozhTqg1pizEiLakjfyoY%3D)

Join the [Totara Community](https://totara.community/) for more resources to help you get the most out of Totara.

© Copyright 2026 Totara Learning Solutions. All rights reserved.