Team and user management

Updated June 2026 5 min read

One number, a whole team. Give each person their own login, control exactly what they can do, and cut off access the moment someone leaves.

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Quick facts

Logins
Individual per member
Permission sections
15+
Action levels
View / Create / Edit / Delete
Revoke access
Instant

ChatMitra lets your whole team work one WhatsApp number from a shared inbox. Each member gets their own login and a role that controls what they can see and do — chat, broadcast, manage templates — across 15+ sections and four action levels (view, create, edit, delete). Access can be revoked instantly.

In simple language: Roles are like keys — you decide which doors each team member can open, instead of handing everyone the master key.

Who should read this?

  • Teams sharing one WhatsApp number
  • Owners who want control over what staff can do
  • Businesses with agents, managers and admins

For A support team

  • Agents can chat but not broadcast or change templates
  • Managers get analytics and broadcast rights

For A real-estate firm

  • Each agent sees their own assigned chats
  • Owner keeps billing and settings to themselves

The moment a second person needs to answer your WhatsApp, you need more than one phone. You need a shared inbox with proper access control. Here’s how it works.

Why a shared inbox beats one phone

On the free app, one phone holds the number and only one person can use it. With ChatMitra, the number lives in the cloud and your whole team logs in to the same inbox — answering, assigning and tracking chats together.

Example: a 6-person support team at an online store all reply from one number. Chats get assigned so two agents never answer the same customer, and nothing falls through the cracks.

Roles and permissions

You don’t give everyone the keys to everything. Each member gets a role that controls access across 15+ sections (chats, broadcasts, templates, billing, settings…) at four levels:

LevelCan they…
ViewSee it
CreateAdd new items
EditChange existing items
DeleteRemove items

Example: an agent gets View + Create on chats (so they can reply) but no access to broadcasts or billing. A manager gets broadcasts and analytics too.

Adding and removing people

Owner  →  invite member  →  assign role  →  member logs in
Member leaves  →  revoke access (instant)
  • Add a member by email and pick their role.
  • Adjust anyone’s role any time.
  • Revoke access instantly when someone leaves — no shared password to scramble.

See the full controls on the Role Management feature page.

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Related questions people ask

Can multiple people use one WhatsApp Business number?

Yes. With the API and ChatMitra, your whole team shares one number through a shared inbox, each with their own login and permissions.

Can I limit what a team member can do?

Yes. Roles control access across 15+ sections with four levels — view, create, edit and delete — so an agent can chat without being able to broadcast or change billing.

What happens when an employee leaves?

You revoke their access instantly from the dashboard. Because everyone has an individual login, there's no shared password to change.

Key takeaways

  • A shared inbox lets your whole team work one number.
  • Each member gets an individual login and a role.
  • Permissions span 15+ sections and four action levels.
  • Access is instantly revocable — give the least access needed.
Published: June 2026 Last reviewed: June 2026 Reviewed by: ChatMitra WhatsApp API Team

Sources: ChatMitra role management

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