# Team permission

### Membership permissions controls <a href="#gl-membership-permissions" id="gl-membership-permissions"></a>

The privacy settings of a team determine who can access the team and its [public-to-team](/en-us/fundamentals/project/project-permission.md) projects.

If somebody belongs to a team, they have access to all public-to-team projects within that team. Organization guests must belong to a team to access its public-to-team projects and team messages.&#x20;

If they do not belong to a team, they cannot access that team, nor can they request to join it, regardless of the team's permission settings.

| Team                  | Can be found           | Can request to join    | Accessible by |
| --------------------- | ---------------------- | ---------------------- | ------------- |
| Membership by request | Yes (excluding guests) | Yes (excluding guests) | Team member   |
| Private team          | No                     | No                     | Team member   |

> The private team option is only available for CreatiBI's Business plan and above.

### How to identify a team's permissions settings <a href="#gl-team-settings" id="gl-team-settings"></a>

To identify who belongs to a team in CreatiBI and who can see its projects, you must access its "**Team Settings"**.

**To access Team Settings:**

From the sidebar, click on the team name, then click on the "**Manage members**" button.

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### Who can access a team? <a href="#gl-access" id="gl-access"></a>

You need to become a team member before accessing the team page.

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#### Membership by request

Before someone can access public-to-team projects and team messages, their request to join must be approved by an active team member or a team admin. You can see the full list of team members from the "**Members"** tab of the "**Team settings"**.

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**To request to join a team:**

1. Scroll to the bottom of the sidebar and select "**Browse teams";**
2. Locate a team you want to join and click "**Request to Join".**

#### Private team <a href="#h_01havpmv5egtbxwe97jh58j4fk" id="h_01havpmv5egtbxwe97jh58j4fk"></a>

Only team members can access a private team. You can view the complete list of team members from the "**Members**" tab in "**Team settings**".&#x20;

The only way to gain access to a **private** team is by being invited by a member of that team.

> Users cannot discover private teams they don't have access to, and therefore cannot request to join or even see a private team in their sidebar.

### How to limit access to a team

There are four ways to limit access to a membership:

* **"Deny"** someone's request to join the team;
* "**Remove an existing team member**" - removing someone from membership will remove their access to all of that team's projects and messages.
* **"Change to a private team"** - changing to a private team means other organization members will no longer be able to find and request to join that team from the sidebar.
* "**Require team admin approval**" - a [team admin](/en-us/fundamentals/team/team-setting/team-admin-and-member.md) can require that any invitations to the team must first be approved. This is available only to CreatiBI's [Business plan](https://creatibi.com/) and above.

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