Change permissions to a folder you shared

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For each folder you share, you grant specific access permission to each recipient you share with. You can change the permission you granted or revoke it entirely. No one else can change the permissions for a folder you shared.

Important: Only administrators and workspace managers can manage collaborators (using a Node Access Key and Secret) in the Files app for admin-shared folders.

If you uploaded the folder or saved it from your Packages app, you have full Edit permission. If someone shared this folder with you, you can grant the permissions you yourself have; you cannot grant permission that you don't have.

To change permission for a folder collaborator, do the following:

  1. Click to open the intended folder; click the Collaborators icon , then click See all collaborators.
  2. In the right-side panel, locate the intended collaborator; do the following:
    1. Click the Edit permissions icon.
    2. Click the Permissions field to select a pre-set permission group, or select Custom, then select the check box for each available custom permission to assign.
    3. Click Save.

To change permission for someone using a public link, do the following.

  1. Right-click the intended folder and select Manage all links.
  2. For the intended link, click Edit.
  3. Select the desired permissions, then click Save.
    Note: (1) When you reset the permission for this link, that new permission applies to every person who uses this link.
    (2) You can grant only the permissions you yourself have to the folder.