Members of a shared folder can have three possible roles: viewer, editor, or owner. This article explains what a member with each of these roles can do in a shared folder.

Owner

The owner is the team member who creates a shared folder (unless it was created inside of a team folder). Owners can:

• View folder contents
• View the members of the shared folder and their roles
• Leave the folder
• Email members
• Edit folder contents
• Invite and remove members
• Change roles of other members
• Cancel invites and reinvite members
• Unshare the folder
• Make another member the owner
• Determine who can be invited to the folder
• Determine who can manage membership of the folder
• Move shared folders into team folders

Editor

By default, members added to a shared folder are editors. Editors can:

• View folder contents
• View the members of the shared folder and their roles
• Leave the folder
• Email members
• Edit folder contents
• Invite and remove members (except the owner)
• Change the roles of other members
• Cancel invites and reinvite members

Note that there are some situations where the editor role is more limited:

• An owner can choose not to allow editors to invite and remove members or change the roles of other members.
• In folders owned by a Business user, only editors on the same Business team can invite, remove, and change the roles of other members.

Viewer

Viewers have the most limited role. They can only:

• View folder contents
• View the members of the shared folder and their roles
• Leave the folder
• Email members

Viewers will be able to tell that they have view-only permissions from the lock icon on the shared folder: