Workspace Permissions

What a workspace member can do depends on their role. This page breaks down what each role is allowed to do within a workspace and its projects.

Roles

  • Owner - the member who created the workspace, or who ownership has since been transferred to. Has full control over the workspace, its members, and its projects.
  • Admin- can manage most day-to-day workspace and project activity, but can't remove members, delete projects, or assign the owner role.
  • Other roles(e.g. viewer) - can access the workspace and its projects, but can't make changes to workspace or project settings, members, or content.

Only the workspace owner can transfer workspace ownership or transfer a project to another workspace, this ability isn't tied to a role and stays with whoever currently owns the workspace.

Permission breakdown

ActionOwnerAdminOther roles
Edit workspace settingsYesYesNo
Invite membersYesYesNo
Cancel a pending inviteYesYesNo
Edit a member's roleYesYesNo
Assign the owner roleYesNoNo
Remove a memberYesNoNo
Create a projectYesYesNo
Import a projectYesYesNo
Edit a projectYesYesNo
Invite or remove a project memberYesYes / No*No
Delete a projectYesNoNo
Transfer workspace ownershipYesNoNo
Transfer a projectYesNoNo

* Admins can invite project members but can't remove them, project member removal is an owner-only action.

See also