Member Permissions

Understanding your role and permissions helps you know what you can do within your organization and what requires owner or admin access. Each role has specific capabilities and limitations.

Understanding Roles

Organizations have four main roles with different permission levels. Each role determines what you can do within the organization.

The four roles are:

  • Owner - Full control including organization deletion
  • Admin - Full access except organization deletion
  • Write - Can create and edit resources
  • Read - View-only access

Role Permissions

Each role has specific capabilities and limitations that determine what you can do within an organization.

Read Role Permissions

Members with the Read role have the most limited access. They can view content but cannot create or modify anything.

What Read members CAN do:

  • View organization overview and recent updates
  • View organization members list
  • View teams and team updates
  • Add reactions to updates
  • View comments on updates
  • Access support resources

What Read members CANNOT do:

  • Post updates or create content
  • Comment on updates
  • Invite or manage members
  • Access billing or settings
  • Create or delete teams
  • Edit or delete any content

Write Role Permissions

Members with the Write role can create and edit content but cannot manage the organization.

What Write members CAN do:

  • Everything Read members can do, plus:
  • Post content updates
  • Comment on updates
  • Edit their own updates
  • Delete their own updates
  • Create and manage their own content

What Write members CANNOT do:

  • Invite or manage members
  • Change member roles
  • Access billing or settings
  • Create or delete teams (from settings)
  • Edit or delete content created by others
  • Manage organization-wide settings

Admin Role Permissions

Admins have extensive access but cannot delete the organization.

What Admins CAN do:

  • Everything Write members can do, plus:
  • Invite and manage members
  • Change member roles
  • Access billing and manage subscriptions
  • Configure organization settings
  • Create and delete teams
  • Manage all organization content

What Admins CANNOT do:

  • Delete the organization (reserved for Owners)

Owner Role Permissions

Owners have full control over the organization.

What Owners CAN do:

  • Everything Admins can do, plus:
  • Delete the organization
  • Full control over all organization resources

How Permissions Affect Daily Use

Your role determines what you see and can do in the organization interface:

  • Sidebar Navigation - Read and Write members see fewer options than Admins and Owners
  • Action Buttons - Some buttons (like Invite people) only appear for Admins and Owners
  • Settings Access - Only Admins and Owners can access the Settings and Billing sections
  • Content Management - Your ability to create, edit, and delete content depends on your role

Requesting Access Changes

If you need different permissions to perform your work:

Contact your organization Owner or Admin to request a role change. Explain what you need to do and why you need different permissions. If appropriate, the Owner or Admin can update your role. Role changes take effect immediately and affect what you can access in the organization.

Next Steps

Now that you understand member permissions, learn about member overview to see what features are available to you, or explore managing organizations if you become an Owner or Admin.