Change a role
LiveGive a member more or less access, or hand the workspace to a new Owner.
You need the Owner or Admin role. Admins can switch people between Admin, Builder and Viewer. Only Owners can make someone an Owner or change an Owner's role.
Change the role of a member
- Select Settings at the bottom of the sidebar. On a phone, scroll the menu bar at the top to Settings.
- Choose Members.
- Find the person. In the Role column, open the menu on their row.
- Pick the new role.
The change is saved as soon as you pick it. There is no Save button.
If a row shows the role as a label instead of a menu, you can't change that person's role. This is what an Admin sees on an Owner's row, and what Builders and Viewers see on every row.
Hand the workspace to someone else
A workspace must always have at least one Owner, so do it in this order:
- Change the new person's role to Owner.
- Then change your own role to Admin, Builder or Viewer, or leave the workspace.
If something goes wrong
- "A workspace needs at least one owner.": you tried to change the role of the only Owner. Make someone else an Owner first.
- "You can't change this member's role.": your role doesn't allow this change. For example, an Admin can't change an Owner.
- "This needs the Admin role or higher.": Builders and Viewers can't change roles. Ask an Owner or Admin.
Note. If you are an Admin and change your own role to Builder or Viewer, you can't change it back yourself. An Owner or another Admin will have to do it.
See the full permissions table in Members and roles.
Last updated 24 September 2026
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