# Local Admin rights required ? (Windows 10)

**URL:** <https://forums.docker.com/t/local-admin-rights-required-windows-10/136342>\
**Category:** Docker Desktop\
**Created:** [June 6, 2023, 5:42am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/local-admin-rights-required-windows-10/136342 "2023-06-06T05:42:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![wdeguara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@wdeguara](https://forums.docker.com/u/wdeguara)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 5:42am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/local-admin-rights-required-windows-10/136342/1 "2023-06-06T05:42:35Z")

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I’m new to Docker - so here’s a newbie question.

Once installed, does the end-user of a Windows 10 machine need Local Admin rights in order to run Docker ?

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**Author:** ![meyay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/docker/user_avatar/forums.docker.com/meyay/32/34000_2.png) [@meyay](https://forums.docker.com/u/meyay)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 6:28am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/local-admin-rights-required-windows-10/136342/2 "2023-06-06T06:28:04Z")

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It is not necessarily required:

> **[Understand permission requirements for Windows](https://docs.docker.com/desktop/windows/permission-requirements/#permission-requirements)**
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> Permission requirements for Docker Desktop for Windows

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**Author:** ![wdeguara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@wdeguara](https://forums.docker.com/u/wdeguara)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 12:26am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/local-admin-rights-required-windows-10/136342/3 "2023-06-07T00:26:41Z")

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Thank you very much !