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bhawk19
New member | Level 2
6 months ago

Can I give edit access to a top level folder but view-only to one of the subfolders?

I have a folder that is shared with 15 members and all 15 have edit permissions.  All subfolders are set to edit, but I need to change one subfolder to view only.  When I use the manage permissions o...
  • Rich's avatar
    6 months ago

    @bhawk19 wrote:

    I have a folder that is shared with 15 members and all 15 have edit permissions.  All subfolders are set to edit, but I need to change one subfolder to view only.


    That feature, granular permissions, is something that's only possible with Business team accounts. Otherwise, if they have edit access to the parent, they have edit access to everything within it.