# Reassign incidents

### How to reassign incidents?

Select any number of incidents and click on **reassign** on the header of the incidents table.

![Reassign button on incidents table](https://1743514643-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-Ln3jS1bJTTsE3yoEcOu%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-83de3f68e719fe23db35acd4285a1cf1d8e536fc%2Freassign-button.png?alt=media)

You can reassign an incident to a team member. Not all incidents will have assignee to it, especially when you have Slack app notifying you on channels.

![Reassigned incident](https://1743514643-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-Ln3jS1bJTTsE3yoEcOu%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-5208931e7d8153f23843ee10be2d0baf8ab204ab%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=cd68d1b3-5fa5-427f-bfee-900281ec52f7)

Once reassigned, the user will get an email notifying them about it.

### What happens to escalations?

Your escalation policy for the incident *will NOT be affected*. It will continue as is.

### Where do I reassign incident(s)?

You will see the reassign incident option on every incident table. More particularly it can be found on -

1. Dashboard
2. Incident details page
3. Incidents listed for a service

{% hint style="danger" %}
You cannot assign an incident to a team member with **Support role**
{% endhint %}