FAQ - Commenter permissions for sheets and workspaces

If you’re on a Pro Plan and you share files with people who aren't part of your plan, they only have view access to your files. To apply any changes, including writing comments, the shared user needs to be part of your Pro Plan. To learn more about what to expect from a Pro Plan, read Sharing and widgets in the Pro plan.

When you share a sheet or workspace with someone, you can give them one of the following permission levels:

• Admin
• Editor - can share
• Editor - can’t share
• Commenter
• Viewer

Commenters have the same permissions as viewers, the only difference between the two is that commenters can leave comments and attachments, while viewers can't.

Yes. When you assign the Commenter permission level at the workspace level, the person you share the workspace with is able to add and delete their own comments and attachments in every sheet in that workspace and in the workspace itself.

Check if they have the right permissions to the report's source sheet(s). 

Their permissions in the source sheet(s) affect their ability to add comments and attachments to a report. If you share a report with someone who has Commenter permissions on one of the report's source sheets, they are able to add and delete their own comments and attachments on the rows sourced from that sheet.

No. Conversations aren’t currently available on dashboards.

Yes. The Commenter permission level is fully supported in our mobile app.

No. The page permission levels in WorkApps aren't affected by the new permission level for sheets and workspace.