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# The Sub-user feature

> Create multiple proxy credentials under one main account

Our **Sub-user** feature will allow customers to create multiple proxy credentials under one main account.

### What You Can Do:

* **Create Sub-users**: Add as many sub-users as you need.
* **Set Credentials**: Choose proxy usernames and proxy passwords for each sub-user, or generate a password automatically.
* **Manage Traffic**: Assign a traffic limit to each sub-user if needed.
* **Edit or Delete**: Make changes or remove sub-users at any time.
* **Track Usage**: See how much traffic is used by all sub-users together or check stats for each one separately.

### Setup:

To access this feature go to Proxy Setup and select the Users tab

![Proxy Setup with the Users tab](https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/yvkc0rpk/1274439800/5e58231ea9b744d38e9896cda75d/s1.png)

Once in the Users section, you will see the following information

![The Users section overview](https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/yvkc0rpk/1274440793/a118aaa10951d181ff98385839aa/s2.png)

1. Your main account
2. Your Proxy password
3. The traffic limit (does not apply to the main account)
4. A button that will take you to the Proxy setup section to generate proxies
5. The actions menu:
   * For the main account, you have the option to change your proxy password here.
6. Create a user button:
   * You will use this to create a sub-user

#### Step 1: Add a sub-user

After clicking the Add user button you will see a new window:

![Add user dialog](https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/yvkc0rpk/1274451861/d61a846951c77cf523d35fff5443/s4.png)

1. **Select a username for the sub-user.**

<Warning>
  **Please keep in mind all usernames must be unique**
</Warning>

\*\*  2. Choose a Password:\*\*

* Enter a password for the sub-user.
* Or, click **Generate password** to let the system create one automatically.

\*\*   3. Set a Traffic Limit (Optional):\*\*

* If you want to limit traffic, check the **Limit traffic** box.

\*\*4. Enter the traffic limit in GB \*\*(e.g., 5 GB). Once the limit is reached, the proxies for this sub-user will stop working

* You can reset the traffic usage to zero at any time.

\*\*   5. Save Your Settings:\*\*

* Click **Save** to apply the options you've selected.

#### Step 2: Generate proxies for the newly created sub-user

* The newly created sub-user will be available in the user list:

![The new sub-user in the user list](https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/yvkc0rpk/1274469556/8165277149b6efbb36f3b6270a00/s5.png)

* Using the Generate proxies button will take you to the Proxy Setup section where you will be able to generate proxies for this sub-user.

![Proxy Setup section for generating proxies](https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/yvkc0rpk/2590107358/ece6b1f825fbf8c5b4e37d0adfa2/image.png)

#### Step 3: Check usage statistics

![Usage statistics with the user drop-down](https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/yvkc0rpk/1274477273/8103a2fa56deece4cfc25fb7080b/s7.png)

1. Go to the \*\*Dashboard \*\*section
2. Select the user you want to check from the drop-down menu. You can also check the total traffic usage by selecting **All users.**
3. You have the option to download your traffic usage breakdown reports in .csv or .xlsx format

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#### Sub-user Admin options:

![Sub-user row with traffic used and actions button](https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/yvkc0rpk/1274515767/4885012922f2ccc02b18d0edd162/s10.png)

1. Indicates how much of the assigned traffic was used
2. Indicates how much of the traffic assigned was used as a percentage
3. Available actions button
4. Edit user

![Edit user dialog for a sub-user](https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/yvkc0rpk/1274548361/c9579c3c982e2a1a55c23ba2ae1e/s11.png)

<Note>
  All the previously available options plus a **Reset traffic** button. That allows you to set the counter to zero.
</Note>

5. The **Reset traffic** option: will allow you to set the traffic counter for this user back to zero

![Reset traffic confirmation](https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/yvkc0rpk/1274524585/26e5bf918c42c6e43909caaeddad/s12.png)

6. The **Delete account** option: will allow you to delete th

![Delete account confirmation](https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/yvkc0rpk/1274525577/01b4661fc2d892a92ca1414ae222/s13.png)

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#### **Additional options**

* **Selecting one or more users in the list:**

![Selecting users in the list with export and reset traffic](https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/yvkc0rpk/1274527557/477762510bfec88964f9694abda9/s14.png)

From the main list, you have the option to select one or more users from the sub-user list. You can export these users to a **.csv** file or \*\*Reset traffic \*\*for them.

<Note>
  If you have any questions regarding this feature please reach out to our customer support team, we will be glad to help.
</Note>


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