Title: Capability “delete_users” needed for dashboard access
Last modified: April 3, 2019

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# Capability “delete_users” needed for dashboard access

 *  Resolved [Ben](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toolstd/)
 * (@toolstd)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/capability-delete_users-needed-for-dashboard-access/)
 * Great plugin!
 * But I have noticed that when configuring a new user role from scratch, the “delete_users”
   capability is needed before that role can access the dashboard.
 * Is this correct and expected?
 * This capability also provides a lot more functionality that just the deleting
   users that is expected.

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 *  Plugin Author [AAM Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vasyltech/)
 * (@vasyltech)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/capability-delete_users-needed-for-dashboard-access/#post-11457890)
 * [@toolstd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toolstd/),
 * That is not normal behavior and the **delete_users** capability should never 
   be used to manage access to other features rather than the actual ability to 
   delete users.
 * It is quite possible that you are using a custom theme or some third-party plugin
   that causes this side effect, am I correct?
 *  Thread Starter [Ben](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toolstd/)
 * (@toolstd)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/capability-delete_users-needed-for-dashboard-access/#post-11459895)
 * Thank you for your reply Vasyl, I know you are probably a very busy man!
 * I deactivated all plugins and used 2019 theme and the problem still exists. However
   on a fresh install it doesn’t.
 * It’s got to be something to do with the config but I just can’t figure out what.
 * I will keep digging, I just wanted to check that “delete_users” wasn’t used for
   this.

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## Tags

 * [capabilities](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/capabilities/)
 * [dashboard](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/dashboard/)
 * [delete](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/delete/)
 * [permissions](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permissions/)
 * [users](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/users/)

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 * Last reply from: [Ben](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toolstd/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/capability-delete_users-needed-for-dashboard-access/#post-11459895)
 * Status: resolved