# Manage people in a space

Add people to a space, change their role and remove them.

## Before you begin

- You are a [space manager](https://docs.atlas.ilionx.dev/reference/roles-and-permissions.md) of the space or of one of its parent spaces, or an Owner or Admin of the organisation.
- The people you add already belong to your organisation and have signed in at least once.

## Add people

1. Open **Spaces**, select the space, and go to the **People** tab.
2. Select **Add Members**.
3. Search by name or email address. People who are not yet in the space are listed first. Existing members carry a disabled "Member" badge.
4. Tick one or more people and choose a role. The role applies to everyone you selected. Division and Unit spaces accept only the manager role.
5. Select **Add N members**, where N is the number you ticked. For one person the button reads **Add 1 member**.

ATLAS adds all selected people. If any selection fails, none are added. A selection fails when the person is already a member or is outside the organisation.

## Change a role

You can change roles in team spaces. Division and Unit spaces keep the manager role.

1. In the **People** tab, open the row menu of the person.
2. Choose **Change to Manager** or **Change to Member**.

## Remove a person

1. Open the row menu of the person and choose **Remove**.
2. Confirm.

The person loses access to the space, their API keys are detached from it, and their budget share is removed. Under a **Proportion** split, ATLAS rescales the remaining shares so they still add up to 100%. Under a **Fixed** split, nothing is rescaled. The person's amount is freed and the other members keep theirs.

## Good to know

- A team space always keeps at least one manager. ATLAS refuses to remove or demote the last manager.
- The organisation's root space has no **People** tab.
- Under a Fixed or Proportion budget split, new members have no share until you assign one on the **Budget** tab.

## Related

- [Roles and permissions](https://docs.atlas.ilionx.dev/reference/roles-and-permissions.md)
- [Spaces concepts](https://docs.atlas.ilionx.dev/concepts/spaces.md)