# Add back 'Project Owner' to drop down when setting Team Members' permissions **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Ideas\ **Created:** [25 July 2023 19:02 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/add-back-project-owner-to-drop-down-when-setting-team-members-permissions/489740 "2023-07-25T19:02:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Richard\_Sather](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/richard_sather/32/276096_2.png) [@Richard\_Sather](https://forum.asana.com/u/Richard_Sather)\ **Post date:** [25 July 2023 20:06 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/add-back-project-owner-to-drop-down-when-setting-team-members-permissions/489740/2 "2023-07-25T20:06:25Z")
_ **Note: Not a solution but marked as such to elevate a key reply** _ Hi @Kristie_Howze I was wondering the same thing actually! I assume since the [revised permissions](https://forum.asana.com/t/introducing-new-access-level-in-projects-editor/482748) introduced the ‘Project admin’ level, this was ‘conflicting’ with the ‘Project owner’ which seems to have been downgraded to a ‘special’ project role. 💡 However, once an ‘Editor’ or ‘Commentor’ is set as the ‘Project Owner’ they are immediately upgraded to a ‘Project Admin’. **So in order to set the ‘Project owner’, you will need to have a ‘Project admin’ permission level in order to see/access/edit any of the below:** 1. Project action menu (dropdown on the right of the Project’s name) and ‘Edit project details’ 2. Overview tab of the project under ‘Project roles’ section. Click on a member to set the project owner. 3. In Portfolios, via the ‘Owner’ column. I have moved your post to the #Product Feedback section so that you and others can vote on this getting reinstated, although, for the reasons I mentioned above, I doubt Asana would decide to so do. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.asana.com/t/add-back-project-owner-to-drop-down-when-setting-team-members-permissions/489740)._