diff --git a/containers/linkding/scripts/linkding_auth.sh b/containers/linkding/scripts/linkding_auth.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef3a3ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containers/linkding/scripts/linkding_auth.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Linkding stores users in standard Django auth (django.contrib.auth.models.User).
+# We drive the same User model the web UI uses via `python manage.py shell -c`
+# from inside the linkding-service container — password hashing and admin flags
+# come out identical to what Django itself would write.
+#
+# Username (not email) is the primary identifier in Linkding's UI, so the Tools
+# manifest, the EZ_USER\t panel rows, and every lookup here all key on username.
+# Email is stored when supplied but never required.
+
+_linkdingManage() {
+    local container="linkding-service"
+    local py_body="$1"
+    shift
+    runFileOp docker exec -i -w /etc/linkding "$@" "$container" \
+        python manage.py shell -c "$py_body" 2>&1
+}
+
+authAdapter_linkding_setPassword() {
+    local username="$1" password="$2"
+    [[ -z "$username" ]] && { isError "Username is required."; return 1; }
+    [[ -z "$password" ]] && password=$(generateRandomPassword)
+
+    local out
+    out=$(_linkdingManage '
+import os
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+U = get_user_model()
+u = U.objects.filter(username=os.environ["EZ_USER"]).first()
+if not u:
+    print("EZ_USER_NOT_FOUND"); raise SystemExit
+u.set_password(os.environ["EZ_PASS"]); u.save()
+print("EZ_RESET_OK:" + u.username)
+' -e "EZ_USER=$username" -e "EZ_PASS=$password")
+
+    if echo "$out" | grep -q EZ_USER_NOT_FOUND; then
+        isError "No Linkding user '$username'."; return 1
+    fi
+    if ! echo "$out" | grep -q EZ_RESET_OK; then
+        isError "Linkding password reset failed: $out"; return 1
+    fi
+
+    # Mirror the admin password back into the .config if we just reset the
+    # account we know about — keeps the WebUI's "Admin credentials" card
+    # honest. Skipped when the user resets a non-admin account.
+    if [[ "$username" == "${CFG_LINKDING_ADMIN_USER:-}" ]]; then
+        authPersistCfg linkding ADMIN_PASSWORD "$password"
+    fi
+    isSuccessful "Linkding password set for $username — New password: $password"
+}
+
+authAdapter_linkding_createUser() {
+    local username="$1" password="$2" email="$3" isAdmin="$4"
+    [[ -z "$username" ]] && { isError "Username is required."; return 1; }
+    [[ -z "$password" ]] && password=$(generateRandomPassword)
+
+    local make_super="False"
+    [[ "$isAdmin" == "true" ]] && make_super="True"
+
+    local out
+    out=$(_linkdingManage '
+import os
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+U = get_user_model()
+if U.objects.filter(username=os.environ["EZ_USER"]).exists():
+    print("EZ_USER_EXISTS"); raise SystemExit
+email = os.environ.get("EZ_EMAIL", "")
+if os.environ["EZ_ADMIN"] == "True":
+    u = U.objects.create_superuser(
+        username=os.environ["EZ_USER"],
+        email=email,
+        password=os.environ["EZ_PASS"],
+    )
+else:
+    u = U.objects.create_user(
+        username=os.environ["EZ_USER"],
+        email=email,
+        password=os.environ["EZ_PASS"],
+    )
+print("EZ_USER_CREATED:" + str(u.id))
+' -e "EZ_USER=$username" -e "EZ_PASS=$password" -e "EZ_EMAIL=$email" -e "EZ_ADMIN=$make_super")
+
+    if echo "$out" | grep -q EZ_USER_EXISTS; then
+        isError "Linkding user '$username' already exists."; return 1
+    fi
+    if ! echo "$out" | grep -q EZ_USER_CREATED; then
+        isError "Linkding user creation failed: $out"; return 1
+    fi
+
+    # If we just minted the first admin account, remember it so subsequent
+    # password resets keep the .config in sync (same pattern bookstack uses).
+    if [[ "$isAdmin" == "true" && -z "${CFG_LINKDING_ADMIN_USER:-}" ]]; then
+        authPersistCfg linkding ADMIN_USER "$username"
+        authPersistCfg linkding ADMIN_PASSWORD "$password"
+    fi
+    isSuccessful "Linkding user created — Username: $username — Password: $password"
+}
+
+authAdapter_linkding_listUsers() {
+    # The user-list modal in the WebUI uses `email || username` as each row's
+    # display id and pre-fills the tool's `username` field with that value
+    # (via fillIdentifier in tools-manager.js). Linkding's primary id IS the
+    # username and email is optional, so emit username in BOTH slots — the
+    # row click then always sends back the username our other tools expect.
+    # The third column (`roles`) is matched against /admin/i in the JS to
+    # decide whether to show the 👑→👤 demote toggle vs 👤→👑 promote.
+    _linkdingManage '
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+for u in get_user_model().objects.all().order_by("username"):
+    if u.is_superuser: role = "admin"
+    elif u.is_staff:   role = "staff"
+    else:              role = "user"
+    print("EZ_USER\t%s\t%s\t%s" % (u.username, u.username, role))
+'
+}
+
+authAdapter_linkding_deleteUser() {
+    local username="$1"
+    [[ -z "$username" ]] && { isError "Username is required."; return 1; }
+    local out
+    out=$(_linkdingManage '
+import os
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+u = get_user_model().objects.filter(username=os.environ["EZ_USER"]).first()
+if not u:
+    print("EZ_USER_NOT_FOUND"); raise SystemExit
+u.delete()
+print("EZ_USER_DELETED")
+' -e "EZ_USER=$username")
+    echo "$out" | grep -q EZ_USER_NOT_FOUND && { isError "No Linkding user '$username'."; return 1; }
+    echo "$out" | grep -q EZ_USER_DELETED   || { isError "Linkding delete failed: $out"; return 1; }
+    isSuccessful "Linkding user '$username' deleted."
+}
+
+authAdapter_linkding_setAdmin() {
+    local username="$1" isAdmin="$2"
+    [[ -z "$username" ]] && { isError "Username is required."; return 1; }
+    local target="$isAdmin"
+    [[ "$target" != "true" ]] && target="false"
+
+    local out
+    out=$(_linkdingManage '
+import os
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+u = get_user_model().objects.filter(username=os.environ["EZ_USER"]).first()
+if not u:
+    print("EZ_USER_NOT_FOUND"); raise SystemExit
+flag = os.environ["EZ_TARGET"] == "true"
+u.is_superuser = flag
+u.is_staff     = flag
+u.save()
+print("EZ_OK")
+' -e "EZ_USER=$username" -e "EZ_TARGET=$target")
+    echo "$out" | grep -q EZ_USER_NOT_FOUND && { isError "No Linkding user '$username'."; return 1; }
+    echo "$out" | grep -q EZ_OK             || { isError "Linkding admin toggle failed: $out"; return 1; }
+    isSuccessful "Linkding user '$username' admin → $target."
+}
diff --git a/containers/linkding/tools/linkding.tools.json b/containers/linkding/tools/linkding.tools.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ac9723
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containers/linkding/tools/linkding.tools.json
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+{
+  "tools": [
+    {
+      "id": "reset_password",
+      "category": "users",
+      "label": "Reset User Password",
+      "description": "Reset an existing Linkding user's password. Leave the password field blank to generate a random one — it is shown in the task log.",
+      "icon": "🔑",
+      "fields": [
+        {
+          "name": "username",
+          "label": "Username",
+          "type": "text",
+          "placeholder": "alice",
+          "required": true
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "password",
+          "label": "New password (leave blank to generate)",
+          "type": "password",
+          "placeholder": "Leave blank for random"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "create_account",
+      "category": "users",
+      "label": "Create User Account",
+      "description": "Create a new Linkding user. Tick \"Make admin\" to grant full admin (Django superuser) rights. Leave the password blank to generate a random one.",
+      "icon": "👤",
+      "fields": [
+        {
+          "name": "username",
+          "label": "Username",
+          "type": "text",
+          "placeholder": "alice",
+          "required": true
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "email",
+          "label": "Email (optional)",
+          "type": "text",
+          "placeholder": "alice@example.com"
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "password",
+          "label": "Password (leave blank to generate)",
+          "type": "password",
+          "placeholder": "Leave blank for random"
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "admin",
+          "label": "Make admin",
+          "type": "checkbox",
+          "default": false
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "list_users",
+      "category": "users",
+      "label": "List Users",
+      "description": "Show every Linkding user with their admin status.",
+      "icon": "📋",
+      "fields": []
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "delete_user",
+      "category": "users",
+      "label": "Delete User Account",
+      "description": "Permanently delete a Linkding user account and all of their bookmarks.",
+      "icon": "🗑",
+      "destructive": true,
+      "confirm": "This cannot be undone — the user and all of their bookmarks will be removed.",
+      "fields": [
+        {
+          "name": "username",
+          "label": "Username",
+          "type": "text",
+          "required": true
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "set_admin",
+      "category": "users",
+      "label": "Set Admin Status",
+      "description": "Promote a user to admin (Django is_superuser + is_staff) or demote them to a normal user.",
+      "icon": "👑",
+      "fields": [
+        {
+          "name": "username",
+          "label": "Username",
+          "type": "text",
+          "required": true
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "admin",
+          "label": "Make admin",
+          "type": "checkbox",
+          "default": false
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/containers/linkding/tools/linkding_create_account.sh b/containers/linkding/tools/linkding_create_account.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..505d7db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containers/linkding/tools/linkding_create_account.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+appLinkdingCreateAccount() {
+    local args="$1"
+    authAdapterCall linkding createUser \
+        "$(authToolArg "$args" username)" \
+        "$(authToolArg "$args" password)" \
+        "$(authToolArg "$args" email)" \
+        "$(authToolArg "$args" admin)"
+}
diff --git a/containers/linkding/tools/linkding_delete_user.sh b/containers/linkding/tools/linkding_delete_user.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d446da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containers/linkding/tools/linkding_delete_user.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+appLinkdingDeleteUser() {
+    local args="$1"
+    authAdapterCall linkding deleteUser "$(authToolArg "$args" username)"
+}
diff --git a/containers/linkding/tools/linkding_list_users.sh b/containers/linkding/tools/linkding_list_users.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2b3b7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containers/linkding/tools/linkding_list_users.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+appLinkdingListUsers() {
+    authAdapterCall linkding listUsers
+}
diff --git a/containers/linkding/tools/linkding_reset_password.sh b/containers/linkding/tools/linkding_reset_password.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63ea302
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containers/linkding/tools/linkding_reset_password.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+appLinkdingResetPassword() {
+    local args="$1"
+    authAdapterCall linkding setPassword \
+        "$(authToolArg "$args" username)" \
+        "$(authToolArg "$args" password)"
+}
diff --git a/containers/linkding/tools/linkding_set_admin.sh b/containers/linkding/tools/linkding_set_admin.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3fd15c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containers/linkding/tools/linkding_set_admin.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+appLinkdingSetAdmin() {
+    local args="$1"
+    authAdapterCall linkding setAdmin \
+        "$(authToolArg "$args" username)" \
+        "$(authToolArg "$args" admin)"
+}
diff --git a/scripts/menu/tools/manage_linkding.sh b/scripts/menu/tools/manage_linkding.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 46ff038..0000000
--- a/scripts/menu/tools/manage_linkding.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-linkdingToolsMenu()
-{
-	# Enable input
-	stty echo
-	
-	while true; do
-		isHeader "Linkding Tools"
-		isOption "1. Run Config Updater"
-		isOption "x. Exit to Main Menu"
-		echo ""
-		isQuestion "What is your choice: "
-		read -rp "" linkding_menu_choice
-
-		case $linkding_menu_choice in
-			1)
-				appLinkdingSetupUser;
-				;;
-			x)
-				endStart;
-
-				;;
-			*)
-				isNotice "Invalid choice. Please select a valid option."
-				;;
-		esac
-	done
-}
diff --git a/scripts/source/files/arrays/files_menu.sh b/scripts/source/files/arrays/files_menu.sh
index 851c8a2..f2d59d7 100755
--- a/scripts/source/files/arrays/files_menu.sh
+++ b/scripts/source/files/arrays/files_menu.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ menu_scripts=(
     "menu/tools/manage_dashy.sh"
     "menu/tools/manage_docker.sh"
     "menu/tools/manage_invidious.sh"
-    "menu/tools/manage_linkding.sh"
     "menu/tools/manage_main.sh"
     "menu/tools/manage_mattermost.sh"