Protected Editing is a feature that prevents accidental edits to important documents while still allowing authorized users to make changes when necessary.
How to enable Protected Editing
To enable Protected Editing:
Open a doc and click the three-dot menu in the top-right corner.
Hover over Protected Editing and choose one of the following options:
Doc is protected
Doc and sub-docs are protected
Doc is not protected
Enabling Protected Editing on a doc.
Protect Editing can only be turned on and off by channel admins.
Interacting with a protected doc
When a doc is protected, you will see:
A PROTECTED label at the top of the doc.
A blue banner at the bottom of the doc.
Viewing a protected doc.
If you have Writer permissions and need to make changes, click the Edit button in the blue banner.
If you don't have Writer permissions, that won't change anything for you.