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Published Jun 8, 2026

How to Give Metricfixer Safe Google Tag Manager Access

Learn how to give Metricfixer access to the right Google Tag Manager container and include Publish permission when approved fixes need to go live.

Category: Access Sharing Guides

Use this guide when Metricfixer asks you to provide access to a Google Tag Manager account or container. For most tracking repair tasks, we need access to the exact container used on your website and, if you want us to publish the fix for you, container-level Publish permission.

Important: please do not send your Google password, 2-step verification codes, browser session, recovery codes, or shared login. Google Tag Manager access must be provided by inviting our Google account from Tag Manager user management.

Before you start

Please open your Metricfixer ticket and check which Google account email we asked you to invite. The invited email must be a Google account.

Also make sure you know which GTM container is installed on the website. If your account contains several containers, access should be granted to the container used by the website we are working on.

Recommended access level

Google Tag Manager separates access at two levels: account permissions and container permissions. Account permissions allow a user to view or administer the Tag Manager account. Container permissions control what the user can do inside a specific container.

Task type Recommended access Why it is needed
Initial diagnosis only Container: Read Allows us to inspect tags, triggers, variables, and configuration without making changes.
Prepare fixes, but client publishes Container: Edit Allows us to create workspaces and prepare changes, but not create versions or publish.
Prepare version for client approval Container: Approve Allows us to create versions and prepare changes for review, but not publish.
Metricfixer implements and publishes the fix Container: Publish Allows us to create versions, edit the container, and publish approved changes live.

Do not forget container permissions. Account-level access alone may not be enough. If Metricfixer needs to publish changes, please make sure the selected container has Publish permission for our invited Google account.

Option A: Add Metricfixer to a specific GTM container

  1. Go to Google Tag Manager and sign in with the Google account that manages your GTM setup.
  2. Open the GTM account and container used on your website.
  3. Click Admin.
  4. In the Container column, select User Management.
  5. Click the add icon and select Add users.
  6. Enter the Metricfixer Google account email provided in your support ticket.
  7. Assign the required container permission. For implementation with publishing by Metricfixer, select Publish.
  8. Click Invite.
  9. Reply in your Metricfixer ticket and confirm that the invitation was sent.

Option B: Add Metricfixer at the GTM account level and set container permissions

Use this option if you have several containers or if Metricfixer needs access to more than one container.

  1. Go to Google Tag Manager.
  2. Click Admin.
  3. In the Account column, select User Management.
  4. Click the add icon and select Add users.
  5. Enter the Metricfixer Google account email provided in your support ticket.
  6. Set account permission to User unless Metricfixer explicitly requested account-level administration.
  7. Set container permissions for each container we should work with.
  8. For any container where Metricfixer must publish changes, select Publish at the container level.
  9. Click Invite.

What not to provide

  • Do not send your Google account password.
  • Do not send 2-step verification codes or recovery codes.
  • Do not provide browser remote access only to avoid inviting a user.
  • Do not grant access to unrelated GTM accounts or containers.
  • Do not make Metricfixer the only administrator of the GTM account.
  • Do not publish changes yourself unless Metricfixer has confirmed that the workspace or version is ready.

After the invitation is accepted

Metricfixer will check whether the invited account can see the required container and whether the requested permission level is available. If we cannot publish because Publish permission was not granted at the container level, we will ask you to adjust the container permissions.

After the work is completed

  1. Open Google Tag Manager.
  2. Go to Admin.
  3. Open User Management at the account or container level where access was granted.
  4. Remove the Metricfixer user or reduce the permission level if ongoing support is not required.
  5. Keep your own organization as the GTM account owner and make sure you have at least two active internal administrators.