To add someone to Google Search Console, open your property Settings, go to “Users and permissions”, click “Add user”, enter their Google email address, and choose a permission level. It takes about a minute and lets a colleague or your agency see your search data without sharing your login.
The permission levels
- Owner: full control, including managing other users and property settings. Verified owners have the highest level of access.
- Full: can view all data and take most actions, but cannot add or remove other users.
- Restricted: can view most reports and data, with limited ability to make changes.
For an agency working on your technical SEO, “Full” access is usually the right choice: it lets us read every report and submit sitemaps without giving away ownership of the property.
Step by step
- Sign in and select the correct property at the top left.
- Open “Settings” in the left-hand menu, then “Users and permissions”.
- Click “Add user” and enter the person’s Google email address.
- Choose “Full” or “Restricted” from the permission dropdown, then confirm.
You can remove or change a user’s access from the same screen at any time, and only verified owners can grant Owner-level access, in keeping with Google’s search essentials. If you are new to the tool, our guide to what Google Search Console is explains what all the data means. Want us to review what your Search Console is telling you? Add us as a user and request a free SEO audit.
