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Airtable for mobile: Teams overview
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Airtable for mobile: Permissions

Airtable collaborators can be granted specific "Permissions" that determine what they can and cannot edit in a team or base.

To change the permission settings of a team collaborator, click the Team Collaborators dialog in the Edit Team Menu: 

Select the team collaborator to whom you would like to grant a different level of access:

You can change the permission settings of a base collaborator by doing the same in the Edit Base menu. 

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:

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 rows
  • add, delete, and modify views
  • add, delete, rename, and change the type of columns
  • add, delete, and rename tables
  • rename the base
  • modify the base description
  • add or modify the permission settings for yourself or other collaborators
  • (if a team member, but not as a base collaborator) add and delete bases
  • (if a team member, but not as a base collaborator) rename the team 

Owner

A team owner has all the permissions of a creator, except that a team owner has the ability to modify billing settings and upgrade the team to premium for use with the desktop client. However, since all mobile usage is currently free, there is no functional difference between owners and creators on mobile. Note that you can have multiple owners of a team.

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 rows
  • add, delete, and modify views
  • add other "Edit only" collaborators

But you are NOT allowed to:

  • add, delete, rename, or change the type of columns
  • add, delete, or rename tables
  • delete or rename the base
  • modify the base description
  • change the permission settings for yourself or other collaborators
  • add or delete bases
  • rename the team

Read only

The most limited permission level is read only, which allows collaborators to view but not edit bases. Read only collaborators can add other read only collaborators.

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