Permissions define what a user can do with a particular folder and its contents.
As an internal user you have preset permissions for existing folders.
When creating a new folder, you will be granted the preset permissions.
When inviting other people to a shared item, you grant them specific permissions.
You have the following permissions for folders that already exist:
You are the owner of your personal folders. As an owner you have the same permissions as an administrator:
You have all permissions for this folder.
You can grant other people permissions for the folder, but not administrator permissions.
In public folders, you can create folders and share them with other persons.
In the folder, you are allowed to read objects.
When creating a new folder, you will be granted the following permissions:
If you create a new folder in a personal folder:
You are the owner of the new folder.
If you create a subfolder in a shared folder in the E-Mail or Drive app, the subfolder will be shared as well.
If you create a folder as a public folder:
You are the owner of the new folder.
Other users will get no rights. You have to set the permissions for the new folder. You can grant other users all kinds of permissions.
If you create a new folder in the shared folder of another user:
The user who shared the folder is the administrator of the new folder.
You are the author of the new folder.
An author is allowed to change or delete existing objects, to create and edit new objects, and to create subfolders.
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Parent topic: Managing Data with Folders