Managing Delegates
A Gmail user can grant mailbox access to another user in the same
organization. The user granting
access is referred to as the delegator
and the user receiving the access is the delegate.
Delegates can read, send, and delete messages, as well as view and add contacts,
for the delegator's account. See
Set up mail delegation
for more information about delegates.
organizations can use the
Delegates resource to
manage the delegates of accounts in their organization. This requires use of a
service account that has been
delegated domain-wide authority.
The Delegates reference
contains more information on how to
create,
list,
get,
or delete delegates.
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Last updated 2024-12-19 UTC.
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