Login As Another User, Fully Accountable

Diagnose support tickets, verify permissions, or cover for a colleague by seeing Odoo exactly as they do — with a persistent on-screen banner, a one-click return path, and a full audit trail included by default.

The problem

Admins resort to resetting a user's password, asking them to screen-share, or manually rebuilding their permissions on a spare account just to see what they see. None of it is fast, safe, or leaves a record of what happened.

The solution

One click switches you into any user's session — no password needed. A persistent banner keeps the identity switch visible the whole time, a dedicated button returns you to your own account, and every session is logged automatically.

Capabilities

Everything support admins need

Every capability below is implemented in the module.

01

Passwordless One-Click Switch

Log in as any internal or portal user directly from their user record — no password reset, no screen-share, no waiting on the user to be available.

02

Group-Based Permission Gating

Only users in the dedicated "Can Log In As Another User" group ever see or can use the feature; it is granted automatically to full Settings administrators and can be extended to support staff.

03

Privilege-Escalation Guard

A user who is not a Settings administrator can never impersonate one — the switch is blocked on the server, every time, regardless of what the interface shows.

04

Confirmation Before Switching

A lightweight dialog names the exact user you are about to become before the switch happens, guarding against misclicks on long user lists.

05

Persistent Impersonation Banner

An unmissable banner stays visible in the top bar for the entire session, naming the user you are logged in as so no action is ever taken as the wrong person by accident.

06

One-Click Return

A dedicated "Return to [your name]" link in the banner ends the impersonated session instantly — no logging out and back in required.

07

Default-On Audit Trail

Every impersonation is logged automatically — who switched to whom, when it started, and when it ended — with no separate purchase or setup step to turn accountability on.

08

Optional Reason Capture

Add a short reason at the moment of switching — a ticket number, for example — to strengthen the audit trail with intent, without making it mandatory.

09

Per-User Impersonation History

Open any user's record to see, at a glance, every time someone has logged in as them, straight from a stat button on their profile.

Workflow

How it works

1

Open A User's Record

Find the user you need to assist from Settings > Users & Companies > Users.

2

Confirm The Switch

Click "Log In As This User", optionally note a reason, and confirm.

3

Work As The User

See Odoo exactly as they do, with a persistent banner reminding you whose session you're in.

4

Return In One Click

Click "Return to [your name]" in the banner to end the session; it's logged automatically.

Questions

Frequently asked

No sales fog. If your question isn't here, email us and we'll answer it the same way.

No. Impersonation works without the target user's password or any action on their part — it's initiated entirely by an authorized admin.

Get the app

Buy it on the Odoo App Store

Purchase, download and install directly from the official Odoo Apps Store — you'll always get the latest supported build.

Login As Another User

One-click login as another user with a persistent banner, safe return path, and a full audit trail — built natively on Odoo.

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