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Admins control who can join, how workspaces are organized, and what members can do. Any editor or viewer can be promoted to admin by the drive owner or another admin — there’s no limit to how many a drive can have.

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Assign or remove drive admins

Only the drive owner and other admins can assign or remove admin status.
  1. Press Command/Control + , to open App Settings.
  2. Select the Members tab in the left-hand sidebar.
  3. Click the ellipsis icon ... next to a member’s role.
  4. Select Make drive admin or Remove drive admin.
Removing admin privileges does not remove the member from the drive or change their membership type. CleanShot 2025-10-01 at 07.45.56@2x.png

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Admin permissions

In addition to standard member permissions, admins can:
Admins can see every project in the general and custom workspaces, but not projects in members’ personal workspaces. Non-admins can view and join open workspaces but can’t change workspace settings.