Prestashop how to create employee(team) & change admin language from back-office

Sure 🙂 here’s a clean, step-by-step way to do both in PrestaShop (1.7 & 8.x) from the Back Office.

1️⃣ How to create an employee (team member) in PrestaShop

Step 1: Go to Employees

1. Log in to Back Office
2. Navigate to
   Advanced Parameters → Team → Employees

Step 2: Add a new employee

1. Click Add new employee
2. Fill in the details:
   • First name
   • Last name
   • Email (used as login)
   • Password
   • Default page (optional)
   • Language (this controls the back-office language for that user)
   • Theme (usually default)
   • Status → set to Enabled

Step 3: Assign a profile (role)

• Choose a Profile:
  • SuperAdmin → full access
  • Admin → limited access
  • Salesman / Logistician → restricted access
  • Or a custom profile (recommended for teams)

4. Click Save

✅ The employee can now log in using their email and password.

2️⃣ How to manage employee permissions (important)

Create or edit profiles (roles)

1. Go to
   Advanced Parameters → Team → Profiles
2. Click Add new profile
3. Give it a name (e.g., Order Manager, Content Editor)
4. Save

Set permissions

1. Go to
   Advanced Parameters → Team → Permissions
2. Select the Profile
3. Enable/disable access (View / Add / Edit / Delete) for each section
4. Click Save

💡 Best practice:
Never give SuperAdmin access unless absolutely necessary

3️⃣ Change admin (back-office) language

Method 1: Change language for a specific employee

1. Go to
   Advanced Parameters → Team → Employees
2. Edit the employee
3. Change Language
4. Save

📌 This affects only that employee

Method 2: Change your own back-office language (quick way)

1. Look at the top-right corner of Back Office
2. Click your profile name
3. Select Language
4. Choose the preferred language

Method 3: Install a new language (if not available)

1. Go to
   International → Localization
2. In Import a localization pack:
   • Select country (e.g., France, Germany, India)
   • Check Languages
3. Click Import

Now the language will appear in employee settings 🎉

✅ Quick summary

• Create employee:
  Advanced Parameters → Team → Employees
• Manage roles & permissions:
  Advanced Parameters → Team → Profiles / Permissions
• Change admin language:
  • Employee edit page
  • OR top-right profile menu
• Install new language:
  International → Localization

If you want, I can also help you:

• Create best permission setup for a small team
• Explain difference between SuperAdmin vs Admin
• Lock employees to specific menus only

Just tell me 👍