{"id":25408,"date":"2025-07-23T05:25:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T09:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainehost.com\/?p=25408---8b59d5cb-6700-4eb6-a104-09293c4eeda5"},"modified":"2025-07-23T05:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T09:25:09","slug":"how-to-add-a-user-to-your-google-my-business-listing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainehost.com\/news\/how-to-add-a-user-to-your-google-my-business-listing\/","title":{"rendered":"How to ADD a user to your Google My Business Listing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_code][et_pb_button button_url=&#8221;https:\/\/mainehost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/How-To-Add-a-User-to-your-Google-MyBusiness-Profile.pdf&#8221; button_text=&#8221;How to ADD a user to your Google My Business  Listing&#8221; button_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_button=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; button_icon=&#8221;&#xf1c1;||fa||900&#8243; button_on_hover=&#8221;off&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Owners of listings can invite additional users to own or manage a listing. Adding owners and managers\u00a0lets users share management of a listing without having to share personal account information.\u00a0Owners, managers, and communications managers all have different levels of access to the listing. Only an owner can add or\u00a0remove\u00a0users. However, a manager may remove himself [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66786,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<p><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66788\" src=\"https:\/\/mainehost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/google-my-business-logo-1.png\" alt=\"Google My Business Listing\" width=\"1024\" height=\"459\" \/><\/p><h3><strong>Only an owner can add or remove users to a Google My Business Listing.<\/strong> However, a manager may remove himself or herself from a listing. Google Groups can't be added as managers or owners of listings.<\/h3><div><p>Adding a user to your Google My Business (GMB) listing allows you to share management responsibilities. Here\u2019s how to do it step-by-step:<\/p><h3>Step 1: Sign in to Google My Business<\/h3><ol><li>Go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google My Business<\/a> website.<\/li><li>Click on the \u201c<strong>Sign In<\/strong>\u201d button in the upper right corner.<\/li><li>Log in using your Google account associated with your GMB listing.<\/li><\/ol><h3>Step 2: Select Your Business<\/h3><ol><li>If you manage multiple locations, select the location you want to add a user to.<\/li><\/ol><h3>Step 3: Access User Management<\/h3><ol><li>Once in your business dashboard, look for the <strong>\"Users\"<\/strong> option. This can usually be found in the left-hand menu.<\/li><li>Click on <strong>\"Users\"<\/strong> to open the user management section.<\/li><\/ol><h3>Step 4: Invite a New User<\/h3><ol><li>Click the <strong>\"Invite new users\"<\/strong> button. This is often represented by a plus icon (\u201c+\u201d) in the top right corner of the user list.<\/li><li>In the pop-up window, enter the email address of the user you want to invite.<\/li><\/ol><h3>Step 5: Assign Roles<\/h3><ol><li>Choose a role for the new user:<ul><li><strong>Owner<\/strong>: Full control over the listing, including adding\/removing users.<\/li><li><strong>Manager<\/strong>: Can edit the business information and manage posts but cannot remove the listing or other users.<\/li><li><strong>Site Manager<\/strong>: Limited permissions, primarily for managing locations and basic edits.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Once you\u2019ve assigned a role, click <strong>\u201cInvite\u201d<\/strong> to send the invitation.<\/li><\/ol><h3>Step 6: User Acceptance<\/h3><ol><li>The invited user will receive an email invitation to accept the role.<\/li><li>The user must accept the invitation in order to gain access to the business listing.<\/li><\/ol><h3>Important Notes<\/h3><ul><li>Confirm that the invitee checks their email (including the spam folder) to accept the invitation.<\/li><li>You can manage user permissions at any time by returning to the Users section and editing their roles or removing them.<\/li><li>If you are trying to add someone and the option does not appear, ensure you have the Owner role yourself, as only Owners can invite users.<\/li><\/ul><p>Following these steps will allow you to successfully add a user to your Google My Business listing and appropriately manage user roles within your business profile.<\/p><\/div><p><strong>When you remove a Google My Business Listing user, that person will no longer be able to edit business information or take any administrative actions for the listing. However, all of their past responses to reviews, posts, comments, and other actions will remain intact.<\/strong><\/p><p>Need help with your Local Listings? Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/mainehost.com\/maine-seo\/local-seo\/\">Local Search Engine Optimization<\/a><\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","_analytify_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[4500,4498,4499],"class_list":["post-25408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tutorials","tag-google-listings","tag-google-pages","tag-google-plus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainehost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainehost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainehost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainehost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainehost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25408"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/mainehost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68055,"href":"https:\/\/mainehost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25408\/revisions\/68055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainehost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainehost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainehost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainehost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}