Permission Management Overview

We designed permissions to be managed at the workspace, drive, folder, and file level. Anyone that is not a workspace member or admin is considered a workspace guest.

For a more detailed overview, visit the Workspace and Drive Permissions page:

Workspace Permissions

Adding workspace members:

Workspace members can be invited from the workspace Settings/Members tab. Workspace members and admins have the following permissions:

Workspace Members

Your core team that can:

• Manage drive configurations

• Create and delete drives

• Manage drive access for guests

• Manage file and folder permissions for guests

Workspace Admins

Member permissions and:

• Add workspace members

• Control billing

• View workspace usage details

Workspace owners cannot leave a workspace without transferring ownership to another admin

Viewing All Permissions for a Workspace

Workspace admins can see a global view of all permissions form the workspace Settings/Members page. Selecting an individual on this page will reveal the tree of what they have access to.

Workspace Permission Inheritance

Workspace admins can manage the default inheritance permissions of drives. These define the access level workspace members will have to drives. The default inheritance permissions of drives are Full Access by default.

Drive Permissions

Adding drive members

Drive members can be invited from the workspace Settings/[drive name]/Members tab. Workspace members and admins have the following permissions:

Viewer: Only view and download files

Commenting Viewer permissions plus commenting

Editor: Commenting permissions plus file deletion, renaming, and reorganization

Full Access: Editor permissions plus file-level permission management

Drive Manager (Admin): Full Access permissions plus drive renaming, deletion and drive-level permission management.

Viewing All Permissions for a Drive

Drive managers and drive admins can see a global view of all permissions form the workspace Settings/[drive name]/Members page. Selecting an individual on this page will reveal the tree of what they have access to.

File and Folder Permissions

Workspace and drive members will already have access to all files in their respective workspace or drive. Guests can be invited to files and folders by right clicking on the asset or asset path. Guests can be invited to files and folders with the following permissions:

Viewer: Only view and download files

Commenting: Viewer permissions plus commenting

Editor: Commenting permissions plus deletion, renaming, and reorganization

Full Access: Editor permissions plus permission management

Published Links

Published links are great for inviting external collaborators that need temporary access to a folder or file. Files and folders can be published at following levels:

• Viewing: View and download the asset

• Commenting: Viewing plus commenting

• Editing: Commenting plus uploading, renaming, and deletion