User Roles

Slite offers five user roles — each with different permissions to help you manage workspace access and responsibilities.

Overview of user roles

Owner

  • Highest level of access
  • Only one per workspace — by default the owner is the person who created the account
  • Can transfer ownership and delete the workspace

Admin

  • Can do everything an owner can except:
  • delete the workspace
  • transfer ownership

Billing admin

Billing Admins do not have general admin privileges — only billing access.
  • Regular member with administrative rights on the billing side of things that can:
  • access previous invoices
  • change the subscription
  • update the payment method on file

Member

  • Default role for most users
  • Can create new content
  • Their access can be customized in the workspace settings
The sharing settings of docs and channels determine what level of access they have to various content.

Reader

The reader role is only available in our  Enterprise  plan.
  • View-only access
  • Cannot create or edit any content

Overview of roles and rights

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Admin
Billing admin
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Delete workspace
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Transfer ownership
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Manage users' roles
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Manage all channels
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Manage users groups
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Manage auto-join and  SSO⁠ 
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Manage billing
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Manage integrations
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Invite new users
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Create new channels
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Create new docs
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Edit docs
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Comment on docs
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Access "My private channel"
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Transfer ownership

Only the current owner can transfer their ownership of the workspace to someone else.
In the Member management section of the workspace settings, the owner can select the member whose role they'd like to upgrade via the drop-down menu to the right of their details.
Learn more changing roles:  ⁠⁠User Management⁠ 

The owner is gone, how can we transfer the ownership?

We recommend adding a step to your company’s off-boarding process to make sure a departing employee can transfer ownership before they leave.
If the owner leaves without transferring, contact  support@slite.com  for assistance. If you still have access to their email, reach out from that address.