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title: Roles and permissions · Cloudflare Page Shield docs
description: User roles and API token permissions required to access and configure Page Shield.
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Cloudflare users with the following [roles](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/roles/) have access to Page Shield in the Cloudflare dashboard:

* Administrator
* Super Administrator - All Privileges
* Page Shield
* Page Shield Read *(read-only access)*
* Domain Page Shield
* Domain Page Shield Read *(read-only access)*

## API token permissions

To interact with the [Page Shield API](https://developers.cloudflare.com/page-shield/reference/page-shield-api/) you need an API token with one of the following [permissions](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/reference/permissions/):

* Dashboard

  * Page Shield > Edit
  * Page Shield > Read *(read-only access)*

* API

  * Page Shield Write
  * Page Shield Read *(read-only access)*
