Title: Switching Back problem
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Switching Back problem

 *  Resolved [engagecommerce](https://wordpress.org/support/users/engagecommerce/)
 * (@engagecommerce)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/switching-back-problem/)
 * Hi,
 * When I login as a network admin and select another user to switch to (normally
   an admin) the initial switch works fine but it won’t allow me to switch back.
 * The only was I can get back to the Super Admin account is to logout and then 
   log back in with the Super Admin account details.
 * I’m using domain mapping but I’m not sure this is whats causing the problem as
   my initial Switch To login works fine, its only the return that doesn’t bring
   me back to my account
 * Any suggestions ?
 * Thanks
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-switching/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-switching/)

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 *  Plugin Author [John Blackbourn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnbillion/)
 * (@johnbillion)
 * WordPress Core Developer
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/switching-back-problem/#post-7692672)
 * It could be related to domain mapping, although I’ve not seen this problem myself
   on domain mapped sites.
 * When you say “it won’t allow me to switch back”, what exactly is the problem?
   
   Does the switch back link not show up? Or does it show up but give you an error
   when you click it? Do you see a switch back link when you visit wp-login.php?
 *  Thread Starter [engagecommerce](https://wordpress.org/support/users/engagecommerce/)
 * (@engagecommerce)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/switching-back-problem/#post-7692808)
 * Hi John,
 * Thanks for the reply.
 * OK, so I’m in the network dashboard, I go to the user list and choose my user
   to switch to, I select the “Switch to” for that use and it switches me to their
   account with their permissions, everything works OK.
 * I now have an alert bar with my username and a link to “Switch Back” at the top
   of the page. If I click this it reloads the page and in the alert bar I now have
 * “Switched to username (client_username). Switch back to Network Admin (network_admin_username).”
 * But I was already switched to client_username and I clicked the link to switch
   back to network_admin but it looks like its just a loop.
 * So I logout, and on the login page where it states you are now logged out I also
   have the option still to “switch back to network_admin_username”.
 * I’m wondering is it a nonce problem or a domain mapping problem (or maybe both)
 *  [rhondasellers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rhondasellers/)
 * (@rhondasellers)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/switching-back-problem/#post-7692813)
 * I’m having this same problem but, I don’t get the switch back link.
 *  [rhondasellers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rhondasellers/)
 * (@rhondasellers)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/switching-back-problem/#post-7692814)
 * I have to log out and then log back in, there is nowhere that says switch back,
   when I click switch off, it says I can’t switch off.
 *  Plugin Author [John Blackbourn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnbillion/)
 * (@johnbillion)
 * WordPress Core Developer
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/switching-back-problem/#post-7692824)
 * Thanks for the info.
 * Are you both able to deactivate your other plugins one by one to see if the error
   goes away?
    Also, please try clearing all your cookies for the domain in question
   in case there’s a strangely corrupted version of the User Switching cookie in
   your browser.
 * [@rhondasellers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rhondasellers/): This sounds
   like a different issue. Please try the above and let me know what happens.
 *  [rhondasellers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rhondasellers/)
 * (@rhondasellers)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/switching-back-problem/#post-7692914)
 * John, I think we got it worked out. Thank you so much!
 *  Plugin Author [John Blackbourn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnbillion/)
 * (@johnbillion)
 * WordPress Core Developer
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/switching-back-problem/#post-7692915)
 * [@rhondasellers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rhondasellers/): Not gonna
   tell me what the issue was?

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