Adding and removing GitHub App managers in your enterprise

Enterprise owners can grant or revoke access for a user to manage GitHub Apps owned by the enterprise.

Who can use this feature?

Enterprise owners.

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About GitHub App managers

Enterprise owners can designate other users in their enterprise as GitHub App managers for apps.

An app manager:

  • Can manage the settings for a GitHub App registration that is owned by the enterprise. For the specific app settings that GitHub App managers can control, see Modifying a GitHub App registration.
  • Cannot install and uninstall GitHub Apps on an enterprise or organization.

When an enterprise app manager adds permissions to a GitHub App, the update is automatically accepted in all organizations where the app manager is also an organization owner. When an enterprise owner adds permissions to a GitHub App, the update is automatically accepted in all organizations regardless of their organization membership.

Granting the ability to manage an individual GitHub App

  1. In the top-right corner of GitHub, click your profile picture.

  2. Depending on your environment, click Enterprise, or click Enterprises then click the enterprise you want to view.

  3. At the top of the page, click Settings.

  4. In the left sidebar, click GitHub Apps.

  5. Under "GitHub Apps", click on the avatar of the app you'd like to add a GitHub App manager for.

  6. In the left sidebar, click App managers.

  7. At the bottom of the "App managers" section, in the search field, type the username of the person you want to designate as a GitHub App manager for the app, then click Grant.

The user must be a member of the enterprise to be granted GitHub App manager permissions.

Removing managers from an individual GitHub App

  1. In the top-right corner of GitHub, click your profile picture.

  2. Depending on your environment, click Enterprise, or click Enterprises then click the enterprise you want to view.

  3. At the top of the page, click Settings.

  4. In the left sidebar, click GitHub Apps.

  5. Under "GitHub Apps", click on the avatar of the app you'd like to remove a GitHub App manager from.

  6. In the left sidebar, click App managers.

  7. Under "App managers", next to the person you want to remove GitHub App manager permissions from, click Revoke.

Granting the ability to manage all enterprise-owned apps

Enterprise app manager is a predefined role that grants access to all app registrations owned by the enterprise. See Assigning roles to people in an enterprise.

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