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# Change File Access in Salesforce Classic

File owners and collaborators can change file permissions for people and groups.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col style="width:100%"></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Group</strong>, <strong>Essentials</strong>, <strong>Professional</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, <strong>Developer</strong>, and <strong>Contact Manager</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

File owners can also change file permissions for files that are shared with their company.

1. On a file detail page, click **Share File** | **Sharing Settings**.
2. Find the person or group whose access you want to change, or change access for Any Chatter user in your company.
3. Select **Viewer**, **Collaborator**, or **No Access** (for your company). Or, for files shared with records, change to **Set by Record**. The change happens immediately.
    
    - **Viewers** can view, download, and share files.
    - **Collaborators** can view, download, share, change permission, edit the file, and upload new versions.
    - **Set by Library** for a file in a library means that access to the file follows access to the library. This setting can’t be changed.
    - **Set by Record** for a file attached to a record means that access to the file follows access to the record. People with read/write access to the record have **Collaborator** access to the file. People with read-only access to the record have **Viewer** access to the file.
    - **No Access** means that only the people in your company with whom this file is shared can find or view the file. If the file is shared with a private group, only members of the group can find or view the file.

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-experience-collaboration-264-0-0-production-enus/1aab5b5e-c990-4b8c-840a-6fb18af49709/images/icon_note.png)

Note

- A file is shared with your company when it's posted:
    
    - To a feed that all users can see
    - To a profile
    - To a record
    - To a public group
    
    Any Chatter user in your company is given viewer permission by default. If you change the permission from viewer or collaborator to no access, you remove sharing to the company and to public groups.
- When you share a file with someone, they are given Collaborator access by default. When you share a file with a group, the group members are given Viewer access by default. You can change the default access when you share a file for the first time. File owners and collaborators can change access after a file has been shared.

#### See Also

- [Who Can See My File?](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.collab_files_settings_perms.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Your files in Salesforce can be private to you, privately shared, or visible to your entire company. Learn how to identify a file’s sharing settings and how to change them.")
- [Make a File Private](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.collab_files_make_private.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "You can restrict access to shared files that you own by making them private.")
- [Prevent Others from Sharing and Unsharing a File](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.collab_files_freeze_sharing.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "You can prevent others from sharing and unsharing a file that you own. Preventing others from sharing or unsharing doesn’t affect existing shares.")