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Managing Collaborators for Sub-Folder

  • May 23, 2025
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Hello,

I want to manage the collaboration for the sub-folders

For example, I want to make (X) Editor for the Main folder but to be a Viewer uploader for a sub-folder.

What should I do?

Thank you

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    Hi Cherif, 

    Welcome to the Box Community, I'm happy to help!

    Unfortunately, this is currently not possible due to permissions in Box  follow the 'waterfall design'.

    If an individual is a collaborator on a parent folder, the access level is the same for all its subfolders. Changing the access level for any subfolder causes the individual's access level also to change for the parent folder and all its subfolders. The system displays a message stating this information when changing someone's access level in a subfolder instead of in the parent folder. 

    For more information, please take a look at this article: https://support.box.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043697254-Understanding-Folder-Permissions

    If this is something you would like to be able to do, I would highly recommend submitting this feature request at pulse.box.com! Our product managers review these requests and take them into consideration for future product development.

    All the Best, 

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