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title: channels.editAdmin
description: Modify the admin rights of a user in a [supergroup/channel](https://core.telegram.org/api/channel).
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redirect_from: /API_docs/methods/channels_editAdmin.html
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# Method: channels.editAdmin
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Modify the admin rights of a user in a [supergroup/channel](https://core.telegram.org/api/channel).

### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       | Description | Required |
|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
|channel|[Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputChannel](../types/InputChannel.md) | The [supergroup/channel](https://core.telegram.org/api/channel). | Optional|
|user\_id|[Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputUser](../types/InputUser.md) | The ID of the user whose admin rights should be modified | Optional|
|admin\_rights|[ChatAdminRights](../types/ChatAdminRights.md) | The admin rights | Yes|


### Return type: [Updates](../types/Updates.md)

### Can bots use this method: **YES**


### MadelineProto Example ([now async for huge speed and parallelism!](https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/docs/ASYNC.html)):


```php
if (!file_exists('madeline.php')) {
    copy('https://phar.madelineproto.xyz/madeline.php', 'madeline.php');
}
include 'madeline.php';

$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API('session.madeline');
$MadelineProto->start();

$Updates = $MadelineProto->channels->editAdmin(['channel' => InputChannel, 'user_id' => InputUser, 'admin_rights' => ChatAdminRights, ]);
```

Or, if you're into Lua:

```lua
Updates = channels.editAdmin({channel=InputChannel, user_id=InputUser, admin_rights=ChatAdminRights, })
```

### Errors

| Code | Type     | Description   |
|------|----------|---------------|
|400|ADMINS_TOO_MUCH|There are too many admins|
|400|BOT_CHANNELS_NA|Bots can't edit admin privileges|
|400|BOTS_TOO_MUCH|There are too many bots in this chat/channel|
|400|CHANNEL_INVALID|The provided channel is invalid|
|400|CHANNEL_PRIVATE|You haven't joined this channel/supergroup|
|400|CHAT_ADMIN_REQUIRED|You must be an admin in this chat to do this|
|400|INPUT_USER_DEACTIVATED|The specified user was deleted|
|400|PEER_ID_INVALID|The provided peer id is invalid|
|400|USER_CREATOR|You can't leave this channel, because you're its creator|
|400|USER_ID_INVALID|The provided user ID is invalid|
|400|USER_NOT_MUTUAL_CONTACT|The provided user is not a mutual contact|
|406|FRESH_CHANGE_ADMINS_FORBIDDEN|You were just elected admin, you can't add or modify other admins yet|
|403|CHAT_ADMIN_INVITE_REQUIRED|You do not have the rights to do this|
|403|CHAT_WRITE_FORBIDDEN|You can't write in this chat|
|403|RIGHT_FORBIDDEN|Your admin rights do not allow you to do this|
|403|USER_CHANNELS_TOO_MUCH|One of the users you tried to add is already in too many channels/supergroups|
|403|USER_PRIVACY_RESTRICTED|The user's privacy settings do not allow you to do this|
|403|USER_RESTRICTED|You're spamreported, you can't create channels or chats.|