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Who can manage a collection?

Learn who can view, edit, share, move, archive, or delete a collection in PageProof, and how your permissions affect your access.

Written by Gemma

A collection’s manage cog lets you rename, move, share, archive, or delete the collection. You can also use it to add or move proofs.

What you can do depends on your permissions and how you’re connected to the collection.

Your access

What you can do

You created the collection

Full access

You’re a Team Admin with Proofs access for the collection’s team

Full access

Share with my team is enabled, you’re on the collection’s team, and Create proofs is enabled for you

Full access

The collection is shared directly with you, and Create proofs is enabled for you

Add and move proofs, but not change the collection setup

You own or co-own a proof in the collection

View the collection setup only

You’re only a reviewer or editor on a proof

No access to manage the collection

What is the collection setup?

The collection setup is the information shown when you open the manage cog. It includes the collection’s name, creator, location, description, and sharing settings.

  • The collection name

  • Who created it

  • Where the collection sits

  • The collection description

  • Whether it’s shared with the team

Some people can view the collection setup but can’t change it. People with full access can edit these details and manage the collection.

Manage Collection pane showing the collection setup information

Full access

You have full access if:

  • You created the collection.

  • You’re a Team Admin with Proofs access for the collection’s team.

    Team Members page showing a team admin with 'proofs' access

  • Share with my team is enabled for the collection, you’re on the collection’s team, and Create proofs is enabled for you.

With full access, you can change the collection setup — including the name, description, location, and sharing settings. You can also add and move proofs, archive the collection, or delete it.

Limited access

If the collection is shared directly with you, and Create proofs is enabled for you, you can add and move proofs and view the collection setup. You can’t change the collection setup unless you’re a member of its team.

View-only access

If you own or co-own a proof in the collection, you can view the collection setup, but you can’t change it or add proofs.

If you’re only a reviewer or editor on a proof, you won’t have access to manage the collection.

A few things to know

  • A collection can only be deleted when it’s empty.

  • You need full access to delete a collection.

  • To move a collection into another collection, you need full access to both collections.

  • To move a collection out of another collection, you only need access to the collection you’re moving.

  • Being a Team Admin doesn’t automatically give you access. A Team Admin with Proofs access has the additional access described above.

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