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title: Managing OAuth clients
description: An OAuth client application interacts with an OAuth authorization server to obtain the required access tokens to call OAuth-protected services at the resource server.
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revdate: August 31, 2022
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  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
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# Managing OAuth clients

An OAuth client application interacts with an OAuth authorization server to obtain the required access tokens to call OAuth-protected services at the resource server.

## About this task

The **Clients** window displays 20 clients at a time. You can sort the display order by name, ID, creation date, or last modified timestamps. You can use the pagination controls to navigate through the rest of the clients or search clients by name or ID. A client is included in the search results if its name or ID is a partial, case-insensitive match to the search term. NOTE: Due to limits on query performance, when you sort by the creation or modification date, clients that are stored in a Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) datastore and have no value defined for the sort field will not be displayed.

## Steps

1. To manage OAuth clients, go to **Applications > OAuth > Clients**.

   | Action                                           | Steps                                                                                                 |
   | ------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   | To add a client                                  | Click **Add Client** and complete the configuration in the **Client** window.                         |
   | To review a client                               | Click the **Expand** icon on the line of the client you want to review.                               |
   | To edit a recently modified client               | Select the client and click the **Pencil** icon to update the configuration in the **Client** window. |
   | To enable or disable one or more clients         | Click their toggle switches and then click **Save**.                                                  |
   | To remove a client or cancel the removal request | Use the **Delete** and **Undelete** buttons for the applicable client and then click **Save**.        |

## Result

PingFederate stores client records in XML files by default. On-disk storage allows you to manage clients using the administrative console and the administrative API. Client records are part of the configuration archive.

Alternatively, you can configure PingFederate to store client records externally, which allows you to manage client records through the OAuth Client Management Service or enable dynamic client registration for your partner-developers. In this case, client records are not part of the configuration archive. Instead, PingFederate stores them on a database server, a directory server, or another storage medium through the use of the PingFederate SDK. For more information, see [OAuth client datastores](pf_oauth_client_datastore.html).