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title: "How to add a new user in PrestaShop 1.5"
description: "Back office users in PrestaShop (not customers) are labeled Employees. You may want help in your shop and need to add one or more Employees to your shop. Adding a new Employee user in PrestaShop 1.5..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/prestashop/add-a-new-employee/
date: 2012-06-15
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "Scott Mitchell"
categories: ["Prestashop"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How to add a new user in PrestaShop 1.5

Back office users in PrestaShop (not customers) are labeled Employees. You may want help in your shop and need to add one or more Employees to your shop. Adding a new Employee user in PrestaShop 1.5 is extremely simple. It follows much the same procedure as adding customers in the back office.

**To add an Employee user in PrestaShop 1.5:**

1. [Log into the Prestashop 1.5 admin dashboard.](/support/edu/prestashop/login-to-dashboard/)
2. From the top menu bar, hover over the **Administration **tab, then click on the **Employees **option.[![administration_tab_employees](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_prestashop1.5_Administration_Employees_administration_tab_employees.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_prestashop1.5_Administration_Employees_administration_tab_employees.png)
3. On the **Preferences : Employees** page, click on the **Add New** button located in the upper right corner of the screen.
4. This takes you to the **Administration : Add Employees** screen. Fill out the new Employee data fields.![administration-employees-add-data](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_prestashop1.5_Administration_Employees_administration-employees-add-data.png)
5. Click on the green **Save **button in the upper right corner to save your new Employee user.

This is how you add a new Employee user to PrestaShop 1.5