How to set admin user session lifetime in Magento 2

Go to Admin > Stores > Configuration > Advance > Admin > Security.

From this section, you can define the admin session lifetime. By default, the session lifetime is set to 15 minutes for security reasons.

Admin session lifetime (seconds): Specify the number of seconds until the current admin session expires and you need to log in again.

Updated on: 17/09/2025

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