Force administrators to manually elevate

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title: Force administrators to manually elevate
description: A property is available to force all users with the administrator role to manually select the role that they want to elevate to.
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last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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breadcrumb: [Elevated privilege roles, Security Roles, Access Management]
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# Force administrators to manually elevate

A property is available to force all users with the administrator role to manually select the role that they want to elevate to.

## Before you begin

Role required: security\_admin

## Procedure

1.  Log in as admin.

2.  Elevate your role to security\_admin.

3.  Navigate to **sys\_properties.list**.

4.  Search for and select the **glide.security.strict\_elevate\_privilege** property.

5.  Set the Value field to **true** and click **Submit**.


## Result

When the user logs in, they are presented with a dialog window to select the role to which they can elevate.

**Parent Topic:**[Elevated privilege roles](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/c_ElevatedPrivilege.md)

**Related topics**  


[Security\_admin role]()

[Elevate to a privileged role]()