# What is Drive Inheritance?

Drive inheritance is the default permissions that a drive has for their workspace members. This means, that for a drive, the default drive permission will be defined for all workspace members if they are not explicitly added to the drive with a certain permission level (i.e. all workspace members, by default, will have "full access" to this new drive XYZ). This inheritance can be changed by any administrator of the drive or a workspace admin.

You can easily change the default inheritance for workspace members on a drive by heading into Settings > Drives > \<Drive Name> > Members > Default Inheritance.

[![](https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/1084926063/d1a498ff28098c095d9e9b66/Screenshot+2024-06-17+at+7_01_03%E2%80%AFPM.png?expires=1739547900\&signature=849f587418775ea6d4a3d23a484c28d8544fab8374ac989ead7521b092489540\&req=dSAvEsB8m4FZWvMW1HO4zftCS7cyBGD11YWHsmqb%2By43wuHTYZifRV%2F0RKiO%0ARBWcrPQOPiiWIj%2FweBg%3D%0A)](https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/1084926063/d1a498ff28098c095d9e9b66/Screenshot+2024-06-17+at+7_01_03%E2%80%AFPM.png?expires=1739547900\&signature=849f587418775ea6d4a3d23a484c28d8544fab8374ac989ead7521b092489540\&req=dSAvEsB8m4FZWvMW1HO4zftCS7cyBGD11YWHsmqb%2By43wuHTYZifRV%2F0RKiO%0ARBWcrPQOPiiWIj%2FweBg%3D%0A)