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title: What Is The Difference Between Read and Write & Read-Only Team Access?
description: Learn about the difference between Read and Write and Read-Only team access.
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# What Is The Difference Between Read and Write & Read-Only Team Access?

## Learn about the difference between Read and Write and Read-Only team access.

**Teams** in Precisely are, for instance, departments or groups of team members in your organization. When you want to give specific departments or groups access to a template, folder, or document, you can share it with their team. [Learn how to manage users and teams.](https://help.precisely.se/en/articles/389424-inviting-and-setting-up-your-team?hsLang=en)

When setting up a team, you're able to choose between two types of access - "read and write" and "read-only":

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### "Read and write" access

**"Read and write" team access** lets users see and manage projects, documents, and templates that are shared with the team they belong to. The scope of available functionalities also depends on their [user role](https://help.precisely.se/en/articles/390122-user-roles?hsLang=en). 

#### How does "Read and write" access affect each user role?

Learn how "read and write" access impacts each area of the Precisely platform for different users:

***Draft & Sign* - **

- - **Manager**, and **Member** users can open and access the project from the list and manage it (e.g. invite external parties for negotiations, send for signing, etc. - depending on their [user role](https://help.precisely.se/en/articles/390122-user-roles?hsLang=en))
    - **Manager** users can delete items created by other users
    - **Viewer** users can only see the project's name in the list, and cannot access the project itself (due to their user role)

***Archive* - **

- - All users with "read and write" access can open and see the documents
    - **Manager**, and **Member** users can move folders and items
    - **Manager** users can delete items created by other users

***Templates - ***

- - **Manager **users can open the templates and make changes, but can only delete templates they are the creator/owner of

- - **Member** users can see and select a template to start drafting, but they cannot access the template content or settings (due to their user role)
    - **Viewer** users don't have the *Template* section available at all (due to their user role)

**Note:** It's possible to [lock templates](https://help.precisely.se/en/articles/5800091-how-do-i-lock-templates-to-disable-changes?hsLang=en) to prevent **Manager** users with "read and write" access from being able to make edits

**Member** users can only delete items if they are the creator/owner. Having Read & Write access alone does not allow deletion.

**Viewer** users cannot delete anything.

### "Read-only" access

**"Read-only" team access** lets users see projects, documents, and templates that are shared with the team they belong to. The scope of available functionalities also depends on their [user role](https://help.precisely.se/en/articles/390122-user-roles?hsLang=en). 

#### How does "Read-only" access affect each user role?

*Learn how "read-only" access impacts each area of the Precisely platform for different users:*

***Draft & Sign* - **

- - **Manager, Member,** and **Viewer** users can only see the project's name in the list, but cannot access the project itself

***Archive* - **

         ○     All users with "read-only" access can open and see the documents

***Templates - ***

- - **Manager** users can open the templates to see the content and the settings, but they cannot make any changes

- - **Member** users can see and select a template to start drafting, but they cannot access the template content or settings (due to their user role)
    - **Viewer** users do not have access to the **Templates** page

**Note:** Team access settings do not apply to **Admin** users due to them having unrestricted access to all content in your organisation. 

 

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