Answers: <p>The UI is bad. And it's getting worse.</p>
  <pre><code>https://gitlab.acme.net/admin/
  </code></pre>
  <p>Is the easy way.</p>
  <p>The other more complex way,</p>
  <ul>
  <li><p>Click on your Gravatar in the Left Bar.</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Click your User Name in the popup menu. This should take you to, <a href="https://gitlab.acme.net/myusername" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://gitlab.acme.net/myusername</a></p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Click on the far right the profile icon to go to the admin area.</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/a6ThG.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/a6ThG.png" alt="profile icon" /></a></p>
  </li>
  </ul>
  
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Answers: <ul>
  <li>In the left bar click on <code>Search or go to...</code></li>
  <li>In the dialog click on <code>Admin Area</code></li>
  </ul>
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/uyS6w.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/uyS6w.png" alt="search or go to" /></a></p>
  
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Answers: I wonder where they even got the idea to do this. They moved an option from the navigation bar, to a new navigation bar that's only visible if you click on the Search Box.. This is hideous.
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Answers: This option isn't even there for me. My server requires re-authentication to go to admin mode, when I go to `/admin` it gives me the option to login, however when I search for "admin" or "admin mode" or "Enter admin" I get nothing. I think this option is only available if you're already re-authenticated to login as an admin. Which just raises the question how do you authenticate as an admin to enable this option.
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Body: <p>Ever since Gitlab changed their UI, I can never find out how to get to the admin area? How do you do it?</p>
  
Tags: <gitlab>
Title: How do you get to to the admin area of GitLab?
UserDisplayName: Evan Carroll
ThreadText: # How do you get to to the admin area of GitLab?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2023-12-13)
  
  Ever since Gitlab changed their UI, I can never find out how to get to the admin area? How do you do it?
  
  **Tags:** gitlab
  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_0 on 2023-12-13. Score: 0 | Accepted answer
  
  The UI is bad. And it's getting worse.
  
  ```
  https://gitlab.acme.net/admin/
  
  ```
  
  Is the easy way.
  
  The other more complex way,
  
  * Click on your Gravatar in the Left Bar.
  * Click your User Name in the popup menu. This should take you to, <https://gitlab.acme.net/myusername>
  * Click on the far right the profile icon to go to the admin area.
  
    [![profile icon](https://i.sstatic.net/a6ThG.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/a6ThG.png)
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2024-01-10. Score: 1
  
  * In the left bar click on `Search or go to...`
  * In the dialog click on `Admin Area`
  
  [![search or go to](https://i.sstatic.net/uyS6w.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/uyS6w.png)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: I wonder where they even got the idea to do this. They moved an option from the navigation bar, to a new navigation bar that's only visible if you click on the Search Box.. This is hideous.  
  > **username_0**: This option isn't even there for me. My server requires re-authentication to go to admin mode, when I go to `/admin` it gives me the option to login, however when I search for "admin" or "admin mode" or "Enter admin" I get nothing. I think this option is only available if you're already re-authenticated to login as an admin. Which just raises the question how do you authenticate as an admin to enable this option.  
  
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