How to Give Your Web Designer Admin Access to Your GoDaddy Account
Grant secure account access without sharing your password
Last updated: May 11, 2026 · 5 min read
Pointing a domain at a new website requires a few changes inside your domain registrar's settings. If you'd rather not do that work yourself, GoDaddy has an official feature called Delegate Access that lets you invite your web designer to do it for you — without sharing your password, payment info, or account credentials.
Prefer to make the DNS change yourself? See How to Point Your GoDaddy Domain to Netlify — a step-by-step walkthrough of the DIY path that takes about ten minutes and won't affect your email.
GoDaddy occasionally updates its admin interface, so exact button labels and menu locations may shift slightly from what's shown here. The names of the screens you're looking for — Delegate Access and Invite to Access — should stay consistent.
Grant access in six steps
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Understand the four access levels. GoDaddy offers four levels of delegate access. Pick the narrowest scope that gets the job done — for most web designer relationships, that's Domains Only.
Products, Domains, & Purchase — full access including making purchases on your card. Rarely needed; only choose this if you specifically want your designer to be able to buy products on your behalf.
Products & Domains — manage your products and domains, no purchasing. A good fit if your designer is also managing your GoDaddy-hosted email or other GoDaddy products.
Domains Only — manage your domains and DNS records. The right choice for most web designers. They can change DNS to point your domain at a new site without seeing anything else in your account.
Accounts Connection Only — placeholder for future workflows; no current access granted. Not what you want here.
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Sign in to GoDaddy and open Delegate Access. The fastest path is the direct shortcut sso.godaddy.com/access. Alternatively: from the account menu choose Account Settings, then Delegate Access.
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Invite your web designer. Under People who can access my account, click Invite to Access. Enter your designer's full name and the email address they use professionally.
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Choose Domains Only. Select Domains Only as the access level. This grants the ability to manage DNS records and domain settings — exactly what's needed to point your domain at a new website — without exposing anything else in your account.
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Send the invitation. Click Invite. GoDaddy sends an invitation email to the address you entered. The invitee has 48 hours to accept before the invitation expires.
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Wait for the confirmation email. When your designer accepts, you'll receive an email confirmation. They can then sign in to GoDaddy with their own credentials and make the DNS changes — without ever seeing your password, payment methods, or order history.
Have multiple domains but only want one shared? After the invitation is accepted, you can return to the Delegate Access page and use GoDaddy's folder permissions to limit Domains Only access to a specific subset of your domains. This is optional and most customers skip it.
Removing access when the project's done: visit the same Delegate Access page → People who can access my account → click your designer's name → Edit → Delete. Access is revoked instantly.
Common questions
What if my web designer doesn't have a GoDaddy account?
GoDaddy prompts them to create one when they accept the invitation. The signup takes about two minutes — name, email, and a password. The new account isn't linked to your billing or your data; it's just a free identity GoDaddy uses to track the delegate relationship.
Can a delegate see my credit card or change my password?
No. Regardless of which access level you choose — even the most permissive one — GoDaddy never grants delegates access to your stored payment methods, your account password, your security questions, or your order history. Delegates can only act on the specific products and permissions you grant them.
How do I remove access when the project's done?
Visit the same Delegate Access page where you set up the invitation. Find the delegate's name under People who can access my account, click their name, then Edit, then Delete. Access is revoked immediately and they can no longer manage your account.
What if my designer doesn't accept within 48 hours?
The invitation expires. Just send a new one from the same page. Expired invitations don't need to be cleaned up separately.
Can I grant access to more than one person at the same time?
Yes. You can have multiple delegates simultaneously, each with their own access level. For example, give a web designer Domains Only and an email-hosting consultant Products & Domains for email-related work.
Will granting access affect my email service?
No — granting access doesn't modify any DNS records or email settings on its own. Your designer would need to actively make changes after accepting. For safe DNS changes that don't break your email, see How to Point Your GoDaddy Domain to Netlify.
