# CloudWatch dashboard permissions update
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On May 1, 2018, AWS changed the permissions required to access CloudWatch dashboards. Dashboard access in the CloudWatch console now requires permissions that were introduced in 2017 to support dashboard API operations:
+ **cloudwatch:GetDashboard**
+ **cloudwatch:ListDashboards**
+ **cloudwatch:PutDashboard**
+ **cloudwatch:DeleteDashboards**

To access CloudWatch dashboards, you need one of the following:
+ The **AdministratorAccess** policy.
+ The **CloudWatchFullAccess** policy.
+ A custom policy that includes one or more of these specific permissions:
  + `cloudwatch:GetDashboard` and `cloudwatch:ListDashboards` to be able to view dashboards
  + `cloudwatch:PutDashboard` to be able to create or modify dashboards
  + `cloudwatch:DeleteDashboards` to be able to delete dashboards

For more information about using policies to change permissions for an IAM user, see [Changing Permissions for an IAM user](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_users_change-permissions.html).

For more information about CloudWatch permissions, see [Amazon CloudWatch permissions reference](permissions-reference-cw.md).

For more information about dashboard API operations, see [PutDashboard](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/API_PutDashboard.html) in the Amazon CloudWatch API Reference.