Manage Collaborator Permissions
Understand Owner, Collaborator, and Viewer permissions for shared lists.
Last updated February 4, 2026
When you share a list, you choose what each collaborator can do. Permissions control list editing and list management actions.
The owner is the person who created the list.
Owners can:
- Change list settings (name, description, type, public/private)
- Archive/unarchive or delete the list
- Add, remove, and update collaborator permissions
- Enable or disable syncing for shared lists
Collaborators can:
- View the list
- Add items to the list
- Remove items from the list
Collaborators can’t change list settings or manage other collaborators.
Viewers can:
- View the list and its items
Viewers can’t add or remove items.
- Open the list.
- Click Share.
- In the Collaborators section, use the permission dropdown next to a user.