Airtable collaborators can be given specific permissions that determine what they can and cannot edit in a team or base.
You can change the permission settings of a collaborator in the team collaborators dialog and in the base collaborators dialog.
To change the permission level, simply select the level you want from the dropdown next to the collaborator's name:
At this point, a collaborator can be assigned one of four permission levels:
Owner
If you are an owner of a team, you have all the permissions of a creator, but can also modify billing settings and upgrade the team to premium. Note that you can have multiple owners per team.
Please be aware that if you are the sole owner of a team with multiple members, you will need to transfer ownership of that team to another member before deleting your account.
Creator
If you are a creator, you have full access to the team or base that has been shared with you. You can:
- add, delete, and modify records
- add, delete, and modify views
- add, delete, rename, and change the type of fields
- add, delete, and rename tables
- rename the base
- add and delete bases (if you're a team-level collaborator, not a base-level collaborator)
- rename the team (if you're a team-level collaborator)
- add or modify the permission settings for yourself or other collaborators
Edit Only
Creators have the ability to restrict the types of edits that other collaborators may make. They can grant collaborators the more limited permission level of edit only, which gives them a restricted set of permissions for the base or team. If you're edit only, you can do the following:
- add, delete, and modify records
- add, delete, and modify views
- add an edit only or read only collaborator
- change the permission settings for yourself or other edit only or read only collaborators
But you are not allowed to:
- add, delete, rename, or change the type of fields
- add, delete, or rename tables
- delete or rename bases
- add or delete bases (if a team-level collaborator)
- rename the team (if a team-level collaborator)
- change the permission settings for creators or owners
Read Only
The most limited permission level is read only, which allows collaborators to view but not edit bases. Read only collaborators are allowed to add other read only collaborators.