Manage Agents and Teams

Everything you need to invite your support team into Freshdesk, organize them into groups and get them started supporting customers

Add or Edit Support Agents
TABLE OF CONTENTS Before you Begin Add an Agent Agent activation email and password Purchasing agent licenses Edit an Agent About email signatures ...
Fri, 5 Dec, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Understand Full-time vs Occasional Agents
An “agent” is a FreshDesk user who provides customer support and technical assistance. They answer tickets, pull reports, and monitor accounts. Agents...
Wed, 5 Feb, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Organize Agents into Groups
Applicable Plan Freshdesk Free, Growth, Pro, Enterprise Freshdesk Omni Free, Growth, Pro, Enterprise Overview of groups Create a new group Conf...
Tue, 2 Dec, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Deactivate or Delete Support Agents
Administrators and above can add, edit, remove, or replace agents. Go to Admin > Team > Agents to manage your team. As agents move in and out of y...
Thu, 11 Jul, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Setting up Agent Shifts in Freshdesk
Agent Shifts lets you easily manage a support team that works round the clock. An agent’s availability is automatically changed depending on their shift hou...
Mon, 1 Dec, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Schedule Out of Office
The out-of-office scheduler allows agents to plan their unavailable days, ensuring that tickets are not assigned to unavailable agents and that customer res...
Thu, 26 Sep, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Configure Custom agent status
Applicable Plan Freshdesk Pro, Enterprise Freshdesk Omni Pro, Enterprise About agent status Understanding agent status names and types Advanced age...
Fri, 5 Dec, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Centralized Omnichannel agent management (Classic Omnichannel)
You can manage agents on Freshcaller and Freshchat right from your Freshdesk Omnichannel account. When you need to onboard a new agent, or modify their acce...
Mon, 1 Dec, 2025 at 3:59 PM
What is Omnichannel Custom Agent Status (Classic Omnichannel)
With Custom agent status, admins/supervisors can get complete visibility into how agents are spending their time when they’re unavailable to assist customer...
Mon, 1 Dec, 2025 at 4:03 PM
What are Omnichannel Groups? (Classic Freshdesk Omnichannel)
Omnichannel Groups lets you manage your different teams of agents that work across channels from the same page. With Omnichannel Groups you can: Set up t...
Mon, 1 Dec, 2025 at 4:27 PM