# Recovering project admin access

If you lost administrator access to a project of your organization, you can restore it if you’re an organization admin:

* At the project level. This requires the Browse Project permission in case of a private project.
* By using the Projects Management page. This is only possible with an Enterprise plan.
* By using the API.

## At the project level <a href="#project-level" id="project-level"></a>

1. Retrieve your project. See [Retrieving projects](/sonarqube-cloud/managing-your-projects/retrieving-projects.md) for more details.
2. Go to **Administration** > **Restore access**. The **Restore admin permissions** dialog opens.
3. Select the **Restore permissions** button. You are now granted the Administer and/or Browse permission for the project.

## By using the Projects Management page <a href="#projects-management-page" id="projects-management-page"></a>

This method is only possible with an Enterprise plan organization.

To restore administrator access to a project by using the Projects Management page:

1. Retrieve your organization. See [Retrieving your organizations](/sonarqube-cloud/getting-started/viewing-organizations.md) for more details.
2. Go to **Administration** > **Projects Management**.
3. In the three-dot menu at the far right of the project line, select **Restore access**. You will then be granted the Administer and/or Browse permission for the project.

## By using the API <a href="#api" id="api"></a>

Use the [add\_user API endpoint](https://sonarcloud.io/web_api/api/permissions/add_user?deprecated=false) to grant an organization administrator `admin` permission to the project. To identify the project, you can use the `projectKey` (the `projectId` is optional).

## Related page <a href="#related-pages" id="related-pages"></a>

* [Setting your project's permissions](/sonarqube-cloud/managing-your-projects/administering-your-projects/setting-permissions.md)
* [Recovering organization admin access](/sonarqube-cloud/administering-sonarcloud/managing-organization/recovering-org-admin-access.md)
* [Recovering enterprise admin access](/sonarqube-cloud/administering-sonarcloud/managing-enterprise/recovering-enterprise-admin-access.md)


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