How do I figure out who my administrator is?

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Hey @jon156,

unfortunately, I think there currently is no way inside of GitLab to figure out who your instance’s admin is. This is definitely a missing feature in GitLab from my point if view, which is why I’ve just created an Issue on the GitLab project. Nevertheless, I have some options you can try to find your GitLab administrator:

  1. Default admin account
    Unlikely, but possible: Every GitLab instance has a default admin user named @root at the beginning. Search for this user, maybe contact details are stored there.
  2. Abuse report
    As a GitLab admin, you have the option to store an email address for Abuse reports. If a user reports an abuse, an email will be sent to this address. Therefore, my suggestion: Report an issue that you create specifically for this purpose as an abuse. In this report, you then write that you actually only need to contact the GitLab admin. This function is not intended for this purpose, but it might work.
  3. Support Page
    On a self-hosted instance, you can change the link to the support page. Maybe this has been done for you. Go to the question mark in the upper right corner and select “Support”. If you don’t get to a GitLab.com-page here, this support page was provided by your company. You may find help here.

I really hope you find your GitLab admin, as I know how annoying it is to not be able to do important work like this.

Best
Henrik

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