---
title: "Create a Custom Role"
slug: "create-a-custom-role"
tags: ["Roles"]
updated: 2026-06-16T14:12:15Z
published: 2026-06-16T14:12:15Z
canonical: "mfa.rapididentity.com/create-a-custom-role"
---

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# Create a Custom Role

Creating a custom role allows you to tailor the privileges to the assigned users while in the Admin Portal. What's assigned in the roles **does not** affect their login methods or their logins to MFA client computers.

## Create a Role

1. Go to the **Roles** tab.
2. On the left-hand side, click **Create a New Role**.  

![custom role 1 - open.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cf888ab6-47bb-4aaa-984b-26a47cdccf46/Images/Documentation/custom%20role%201%20-%20open.png)

1. A pop-up window will appear. Here you will create a name for the role and select (✓) all the boxes necessary for the role to perform.  

![custom role 2 - name and set.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cf888ab6-47bb-4aaa-984b-26a47cdccf46/Images/Documentation/custom%20role%202%20-%20name%20and%20set.png)

1. When finished, click **Create a New Role**.
2. The window will close out and you will see your new role in the **Role List**. ![custom role 4 - role list.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cf888ab6-47bb-4aaa-984b-26a47cdccf46/Images/Documentation/custom%20role%204%20-%20role%20list.png)

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## Assigning a Role

1. To assign the role to a user(s), go to the user lookup in the **Users** tab.
2. Click their username to bring up their [User Information Page](/v1/docs/user-information-page).
3. Click **Edit**.
4. In the *Edit User* pop-up, click the dropdown box for *Role* and select your new role.  

![custom role 5 - assign.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cf888ab6-47bb-4aaa-984b-26a47cdccf46/Images/Documentation/custom%20role%205%20-%20assign.png)

1. Click **Save** when you're done.