---
title: "Drive rights management"
description: "A group manager decides which members can manage files, create labels, and run bulk actions in a group Drive from the group's Manage permissions screen."
category: collaboration
section: drive-and-files
tags: [permissions]
type: Tutorial
lastUpdated: 2026-08-26
locale: en
canonical: https://support.talkspirit.com/en/collaboration/drive-rights-management
---

# Drive rights management


A group's Drive permissions decide which members can manage files, create labels, and run bulk actions in that group's Drive. A group manager sets each permission from the group's **Manage permissions** screen, choosing **Only group managers** or **Allow all members**. When an action is limited to group managers, other members keep read access to the Drive.

**Prerequisites:** you are a group manager of the group, and the Drive module is enabled for it.

## How do I open the group permissions?

1. Open the group.
2. Click the **Settings** icon in the group.
3. Select **Manage permissions**.

![Group settings side panel for the General group, with the Manage permissions item highlighted among Information & privacy, Manage enabled apps, Statistics, Leave this group, Archive this group, and Delete this group](/images/collaboration/drive-rights-management/01-manage-permissions-menu.png)

## Which Drive permissions can I set?

The **Manage permissions** screen always shows one Drive permission:

- **Set who can manage drives files and folders (creation, modification and deletion)** controls who can create, modify, delete, and move files and folders.

Two more Drive permissions appear only once an administrator has enabled **Allow group managers to overwrite this permission** for them in **Administration** (under **Drives** for bulk actions, and under the group settings for labels):

- **Set who can setup labels** controls who can create and edit the group's Drive labels.
- **Set who can edit multiple files in drive** controls bulk actions: selecting several files at once to move, download, or delete.

Each permission offers **Only group managers** or **Allow all members**. **Set who can edit multiple files in drive** cannot be broader than file management: when you restrict **Set who can manage drives files and folders (creation, modification and deletion)** to **Only group managers**, bulk actions switch to **Only group managers** as well and the option is locked.

![The Manage permissions dialog for the General group in Alpine Tech, showing group permissions including Set who can manage drives files and folders with its Only group managers and Allow all members options](/images/collaboration/drive-rights-management/02-drive-permission-radios.png)

## What happens when an action is restricted to group managers?

Members keep read access to the Drive: they can open and download files even when every action is limited to group managers. The permission applies to everyone, so a member who created a file earlier can no longer modify, move, or delete it once file management is restricted to group managers.

## Next steps

- [How do I enable bulk actions on the Drive?](/collaboration/enable-bulk-actions-on-the-drive)
- [How do I download, move, or delete Drive files in bulk?](/collaboration/download-move-delete-files-from-the-drive-in-bulk)
- [My Drive on Talkspirit](/collaboration/my-drive-on-talkspirit)
- [How do I move and share a document from the Drive?](/collaboration/move-and-share-a-document-from-the-drive)