Add or remove a Visual Task Board member

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title: Add or remove a Visual Task Board member
description: You can add and remove task board members using the members tab of the activity stream. You can also promote assignees to board members.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/platform-user-interface/visual-task-boards/t\_AddOrRemoveATaskBoardMember.html
release: australia
product: Visual Task Boards
classification: visual-task-boards
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Creating Visual Task Boards, Using Visual Task Boards, Visual Task Boards, Personalize your experience, Configure user experiences]
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# Add or remove a Visual Task Board member

You can add and remove task board members using the members tab of the activity stream. You can also promote assignees to board members.

## Before you begin

Role required: none

## About this task

Only members of a task board can access the board. Any board member can add or remove other members.

## Procedure

1.  On a Visual Task Board, open the task board tools.

2.  Click the members tab.

    \[Omitted image "MembersTab.png"\] Alt text: Members tab

3.  Perform one of the following actions.

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**Add a member**

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1.  In the **Users** section, click **Add Members**.
2.  Enter a user's name or select a user from the drop-down menu.


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**Remove a member**

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1.  In the **Members** section, point to a user.
2.  Click the remove icon \(\[Omitted image "RemoveUserIcon.png"\] Alt text: Remove user icon\).


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**Promote an assignee to a member**

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1.  In the **Assignees** section, point to a user.
2.  Click the upward arrow icon.


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**Promote all assignees to members**

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In the **Assignees** section, click **Promote All**.

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**Parent Topic:**[Creating Visual Task Boards](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/visual-task-boards/c_VisualTaskBoardUse.md)

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