# Accounts & Permissions

- [Accounts & Permissions](https://support.pears.io/accounts-and-permissions/accounts-and-permissions.md): Understand user accounts, roles, and permissions in PEARS including directory roles, collaborators, and data access settings.
- [Collaborators](https://support.pears.io/accounts-and-permissions/accounts-and-permissions/collaborators.md): Learn how collaborators work in PEARS, including access levels and how to filter for records where you are a collaborator.
- [Contributors](https://support.pears.io/accounts-and-permissions/accounts-and-permissions/contributors.md): Learn how to mark collaborators as contributors and understand the impact on homepage views and reports.
- [Editable Users](https://support.pears.io/accounts-and-permissions/accounts-and-permissions/editable-users.md): Learn how to allow another PEARS user to edit all of your recorded data by adding them as an Editable User.
- [Viewable Permissions](https://support.pears.io/accounts-and-permissions/accounts-and-permissions/viewable-permissions.md): Learn how to grant users viewable permissions for units, program areas, and other users' data in PEARS.
- [Change Password](https://support.pears.io/accounts-and-permissions/accounts-and-permissions/change-password.md): Change your PEARS password or reset a forgotten password.
- [PEARS Directory](https://support.pears.io/accounts-and-permissions/accounts-and-permissions/directory.md): Access and manage the PEARS Directory to view and assign administrative roles within your organization.
- [SNAP-Ed Directory Roles](https://support.pears.io/accounts-and-permissions/accounts-and-permissions/directory/snap-ed-roles.md): Understand the six SNAP-Ed directory roles and their permissions in PEARS.
- [Extension Directory Roles](https://support.pears.io/accounts-and-permissions/accounts-and-permissions/directory/extension-roles.md): Understand the Extension directory roles and their permissions in PEARS.
- [Program Area Team Roles](https://support.pears.io/accounts-and-permissions/accounts-and-permissions/directory/program-area-team-roles.md): Understand the four Program Area Team roles and their permissions in PEARS Extension organizations.
- [Manage Directory Roles](https://support.pears.io/accounts-and-permissions/accounts-and-permissions/directory/manage-directory-roles.md): Learn how Organization Administrators add and remove staff from directory roles in PEARS.


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