Immich•7mo ago

Seperating admin and personal user

Hi. When I first deployed immich I was just testing the way it works, so I created admin user and used it for my photos.

Now I have more users on immich and want to make the admin user have no photos and have a different email, and transfer all my photos to a basic user account. Is this possible in some way?

Immich•5/28/25, 9:39 AM

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bo0tzz•5/28/25, 9:52 AM

There's no way to transfer things to another user no

Bbo0tzz There's no way to transfer things to another user no

LKokosOP•5/28/25, 11:57 AM

Not even a hacky way to do it?

bo0tzz•5/28/25, 12:29 PM

Not really

Bbo0tzz Not really

CrushedAsian255•5/28/25, 1:16 PM

Is there a way to change which user is admin then?

CrushedAsian255•5/28/25, 1:16 PM

And keep the assets to the same user

bo0tzz•5/28/25, 1:17 PM

Not officially, only by mucking around in the database

Qwerko•9/22/25, 10:54 AM

I am having this same issue. wondering if any new solution has come up? I was thinking of just adding (moving or copying using unraid CLI or something) all the existing photos to an external library. then adding a new user who adopts the external library? im assuming all the background (generate thumbnails/face recognition) tasks will have to be done again, but thats fine with me.

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