How to manage your users and settings

Search.gov offers several settings that allow you to manage user accounts and customize your search experience. You can find these settings in the Dashboard section of the Admin Center.

Manage users

After you create an account, you can add other users to your site on the Manage Users page in the Admin Center.

When you add a user, be sure to list their official government email account.

Do not add any personal email accounts (such as AOL, Gmail, and Yahoo) or group email accounts (such as webteam@example.gov). Group accounts are not supported by Login.gov.

Also, when someone leaves your team, be sure to remove their access to your site.

Manage settings

You can manage general settings on the Settings page in the Admin Center

Fill out the display name for your site. Use the your agency or program name, such as “GSA,” “GSA.gov,” or “General Services Administration.”

The public sees this display name on your search results page, including in the page title and best bets.

Also fill out the homepage URL of your website. Enter a fully qualified URL such as https://www.gsa.gov or https://tts.gsa.gov.

You can confirm your site handle, ID, and language on this page. You selected the site handle and language when you initially added your site. The ID was assigned by Search.gov when you added your site.

After you have added a site, you may want to delete it. Use caution. This action permanently deletes your site and its associated analytics and indexes. The Search.gov team cannot restore deleted sites.