# Reassign an Incident
### Prerequisites
* The User Role for the user in the Team must have the necessary permissions in order to reassign incidents.
### Reassigning Incidents
An incident in the `Triggered` or `Acknowledged` state can be reassigned to a different **User**, **Squad,** or **Escalation Policy**.
1\. Open an incident that you wish to reassign from the **Dashboard** or **Incidents** page
2\. Click on **Reassign**
3\. Select a **User**, **Squad,** or an **Escalation Policy** from the drop-down
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**Note:**
When an incident is reassigned to a User or Squad then the user(s) are notified based on their Personal [Notification Rules](/manage-users/notification-rules.md) set up under their Profile settings.
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4\. Click on **Reassign** to complete the action
5\. The reassigned action is auto-recorded in the **Incident Activity Timeline** of the incident and the same can be viewed in the **Responders** section
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**Note:**
The Incident Activity Timeline will show incident reassignment, mentioning both the assigned and assignee.
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*Have any questions?* [*Ask the community*](https://community.squadcast.com/view/home)*.*
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