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# Dashboard and Folder Permissions

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For dashboards and dashboard folders there is a **Permissions** page that makes it possible to
remove the default role based permissions for Editors and Viewers. On this page you can add and assign permissions to specific **Users** and **Teams**.

You can assign and remove permissions for **Organization Roles**, **Users** and **Teams**.

Permission levels:

- **Admin**: Can edit and create dashboards and edit permissions. Can also add, edit, and delete folders.
- **Edit**: Can edit and create dashboards. **Cannot** edit folder/dashboard permissions, or add, edit, or delete folders.
- **View**: Can only view existing dashboards/folders.

## Grant folder permissions

1. In the sidebar, hover your mouse over the **Dashboards** (squares) icon and then click **Manage**.
1. Hover your mouse cursor over a folder and then click **Go to folder**.
1. Go to the **Permissions** tab, and then click **Add Permission**.
1. In the **Add Permission For** dialog, select **User**, **Team**, or one of the role options.
1. In the second box, select the user or team to add permission for. Skip this step if you selected a role option in the previous step.
1. In the third box, select the permission you want to add.
1. Click **Save**.

## Grant dashboard permissions

1. In the top right corner of your dashboard, click the cog icon to go to **Dashboard settings**.
1. Go to the **Permissions** tab, and then click **Add Permission**.
1. In the **Add Permission For** dialog, select **User**, **Team**, or one of the role options.
1. In the second box, select the user or team to add permission for. Skip this step if you selected a role option in the previous step.
1. In the third box, select the permission you want to add.
1. Click **Save**.

## Restricting Access

The highest permission always wins so if you for example want to hide a folder or dashboard from others you need to remove the **Organization Role** based permission from the Access Control List (ACL).

- You cannot override permissions for users with the Organization Admin role. Admins always have access to everything.
- A more specific permission with a lower permission level will not have any effect if a more general rule exists with higher permission level. You need to remove or lower the permission level of the more general rule.

### How Grafana Resolves Multiple Permissions - Examples

#### Example 1 (`user1` has the Editor Role)

Permissions for a dashboard:

- Everyone with Editor role can edit
- user1 can view

Result: `user1` has Edit permission as the highest permission always wins.

#### Example 2 (`user1` has the Viewer Role and is a member of `team1`)

Permissions for a dashboard:

- `Everyone with Viewer Role Can View`
- `user1 Can Edit`
- `team1 Can Admin`

Result: `user1` has Admin permission as the highest permission always wins.

#### Example 3

Permissions for a dashboard:

- `user1 Can Admin (inherited from parent folder)`
- `user1 Can Edit`

Result: You cannot override to a lower permission. `user1` has Admin permission as the highest permission always wins.

### Summary

- **View**: Can only view existing dashboards/folders.
- A more specific permission with lower permission level will not have any effect if a more general rule exists with higher permission level.

For example if "Everyone with Editor Role Can Edit" exists in the ACL list then **John Doe** will still have Edit permission even after you have specifically added a permission for this user with the permission set to **View**. You need to remove or lower the permission level of the more general rule.