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title: Managing user sessions
description: User sessions provide access to applications and resources in PingOne.
component: pingone
page_id: pingone:directory:p1_manage_user_sessions_intro
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingone/directory/p1_manage_user_sessions_intro.html
revdate: June 25, 2024
section_ids:
  manage-user-sessions: Managing a user's sessions
  steps: Steps
  manage-your-sessions: Managing your own user sessions
  before-you-begin: Before you begin
  steps-2: Steps
---

# Managing user sessions

User sessions provide access to applications and resources in PingOne.

In a user's identity details, the **Authentication** tab shows recent user sessions with time, application (browser agent), device, and location. PingOne retains a maximum of 10 sessions per user, including expired sessions. The oldest session is dropped when the maximum of 10 sessions is reached.

## Managing a user's sessions

You can delete recent sessions for a particular user. Deleting a recent session will sign the user out of PingOne. You can delete a session if you detect suspicious activity, for example.

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|   | You can't delete your own session if it is the current session. Sign off to end your current session. |

### Steps

1. In the PingOne admin console, go to **Directory > Users** and browse or search for the user whose session you want to delete.

2. Click the user entry to open the user details panel.

3. Click **Services** tab and select **Authentication**.

4. In the **Sessions & Devices** section, locate the appropriate session, click the **More Options** (⋮) icon, and then click **End session**.

![End user session](_images/p1-authentication-end-session.png)

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|   | If an administrator ends the current session for a user, the user might retain access to the self-service application until their current token expires. This is typically five minutes, but might be longer depending on how the token duration is configured. |

## Managing your own user sessions

### Before you begin

Sign off to end your current session.

You can use the self-service application to manage your own sessions. You can delete your own sessions, but not the current session. You can delete a session if you detect suspicious activity, for example.

### Steps

1. In the upper right corner of the page, click your name and then click **Profile**.

2. Click the **Accounts & Sessions** tab.

3. Locate the appropriate session.

4. Click **Sign off**.