Blogger team members, reader access and private blogs

Who can read, write and manage your blog is controlled in one place: Settings, Permissions.

The three roles

Blogger's access page says that you can add up to 100 members in total, whether authors, administrators or readers. People who manage or write need a Google Account.

Invite people

1. Open Settings.
2. Under Permissions click Invite more authors (or Invite more readers).
3. Type the email address and click Send.

After they accept, they are listed. To make someone an admin, use the menu next to their name and choose Admin.

Remove someone

Under Permissions, click Blog admins and authors, find the person and click Delete this member. Their earlier posts stay on the blog, but they can no longer edit them. For readers use Custom readers in the same way.

Move a blog to a new owner

Make the new person an admin, then remove the original owner. Blogger says it cannot mediate disputes about ownership. If a new owner wants to change the original owner's name on a post, they must delete and republish the post. If the only admin loses access, another admin must give permission back, so keep at least two admins.

Make the blog private

By default the blog is public. Under Permissions, click Reader access and choose Public, Private to authors or Custom readers. Blogger notes that after you make a blog private, people who have the web address of an image may still be able to see it, so do not put very sensitive pictures in a "private" blog.

Adult content

If your blog has adult themes or language, Blogger requires a warning page before readers enter. Blogger's page says the warning is required for pornographic or sexually explicit content and not for non-sexual documentary nudity or depictions with a clear educational, documentary, scientific or artistic purpose. If a blog with adult content has no warning and is brought to Google's attention, Google turns it on, and repeated cases can lead to removal. Advertisements are not allowed on adult blogs.

Find your blog ID

Select the blog and look at the address bar: the number at the end of the address is the blog ID. Some tools ask for it.

Account safety

The blog belongs to a Google Account. Use a strong password and two-step verification on that account, and do not share the password: invite people instead.

This is an independent guide. It is not connected with Google or Blogger. Blogger, AdSense and Google are names of Google LLC. The steps follow Blogger Help and AdSense Help as read on 13 November 2026; the Blogger screens change from time to time, so a menu may be named a little differently on your screen.