Airtable base permissions

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Plan availability

All plan types

Permissions

  • Admins - Can perform the actions noted below in workspaces/bases where they are added as collaborators. Otherwise, admins can manage user permissions from Admin Panel.

  • All users - Can take various actions throughout Airtable as discussed in the article below.

Platform(s)

Web/Browser, Mac app, Windows app, and mobile apps

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General base actions

Action

Owner/Creator

Editor

Commenter

Read-Only

Access and view entire bases at your assigned permission level

Invite users at or below your permission level

Create or remove view share links

Create and remove base collaborators’ invite links

Rename bases

Record Actions

Action

Owner/Creator

Editor

Commenter

Read-Only

Comment on records

Add, delete, and modify records

View Actions

Action

Owner/Creator

Editor

Commenter

Read-Only

Download CSVs of individual views

Print views

Copy view data

Add, delete, and modify views

✅ (personal views only)

Lock and unlock views

Delete other collaborators' personal views

Field Actions

Action

Owner/Creator

Editor

Commenter

Read-Only

Add, delete, duplicate, rename, and customize fields

Table Actions

Action

Owner/Creator

Editor

Commenter

Read-Only

Add, delete, duplicate, and rename tables

Import CSVs as new tables

Airtable Automations

Action

Owner/Creator

Editor

Commenter

Read-Only

Create, delete, and duplicate automations

Configure automation (turn on/off, edit trigger types, edit action types, or add actions)

Rename automations

Edit automation descriptions

View automation configurations

Copy automation URLs

Airtable sync

Action

Owner/Creator

Editor

Commenter

Read-Only

Create and remove syncable view share links

Manually sync ("Sync now")

Create and delete synced tables

Update sync configurations

Airtable extensions

Action

Owner/Creator

Editor

Commenter

Read-Only

Create extensions

Configure extension settings

Rename, edit an extension's description, and move  extensions to another dashboard

Delete, disable, duplicate, and share extensions

Add, delete, and rename extension dashboards

Airtable Interface Designer

Action

Owner/Creator

Editor

Commenter

Read-Only

Create interfaces or interface page

Edit, preview, and publish interfaces

Add, edit, and delete interface elements

Delete, duplicate, and rename interfaces

Restrict interface sharing

Update records via editable inline records or editable record details

Create and delete new records in interfaces (when enabled)

Add new records via interface form submissions

View interfaces