Set permissions to view/edit pages
View/Edit permissions can be set for each page. Newly created pages are automatically set to the permissions of the parent page.
How to set up
- In Edit mode, click the Public button in the lower right corner.
- Click on the permission you want to set from the options.
- Click the Create/Update button.

Types of permissions
The following four types of permissions can be set.
Public
- Anyone can view/edit.
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If GROWI is configured to cannot be viewed without logging in
, you will be redirected to the login page if you access the page without login. Even if the page is set to Public
, you cannot view it without login.
Anyone with the link
Only users who know the URL of the page can view/edit it.
Not displayed in the page tree, page list, and search results.
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If you are unsure of the page path of a page you have created, you can use the Recently Created button on the user's home page to find the page.
WARNING
Since v5.0, if a
Public
orSpecific Group Only
page exists under a page withAnyone with the link
,Anyone with the link
page will also be displayed in the page tree and page list. For example, if you create/Page1/Page2
withPublic
settings while/Page1
withAnyone with the link
settings exists, both/Page1
and/Page1/Page2
will appear in the page tree. If you setAnyone with the link
, please be careful with the page settings.
Only me
- Only you can view and edit this page.
- Not displayed in the page tree.
- By default, it will display in other users' page lists and search results.
- Please refer to here for how to change the setting.
Specific group only
- Only users who belong to the specified group can view/edit.
- Not displayed in the page tree.
- By default, it is displayed in other users' page lists and search results.
- Please refer to here for how to change the setting.
- Please refer to here for information on group management functions.
Permissions for subordinate pages
Pages under /Page1
can only have the same or stronger permissions. ( since v5.0 )
The following table shows what permissions can be set on subordinate pages /Page1/child
, depending on the permissions of /Page1
.
Permission for /Page1 | Permission that can be set for /Page1/child | Allowed/Not allowed |
---|---|---|
Public | Public | ✅ |
Public | Only me | ✅ |
Public | Specific group only | ✅ |
Public | Anyone with the link | ✅ |
Anyone with the link | Public | ✅ |
Anyone with the link | Only me | ✅ |
Anyone with the link | Specific group only | ✅ |
Anyone with the link | Anyone with the link | ✅ |
Only me | Public | ❌ |
Only me | Only me | ✅ |
Only me | Specific group only | ❌ |
Only me | Anyone with the link | ✅ |
Specific group only | Public | ❌ |
Specific group only | Only me | ✅ |
Specific group only | Specific group only | (Depends on the parent-child relationship of the group) |
Specific group only | Anyone with the link | ✅ |
Specific group only
If a page is set to If you set Specified group only
, the subordinate pages can only have the same or stronger permissions (a group with a narrower range of members).
The following table shows what permissions can be set on the subordinate page /Page1/child
in the case where there is a "Engineering Department" group as a child group of the "Company" group and the "UI / UX Team" group as a child group of the "Engineering Department" group.
Permission for /Page1 | Permission that can be set for/Page1/child | Allowed/Not allowed |
---|---|---|
Specific group only (Engineering Department) | Specific group only (Engineering Department) | ✅ |
Specific group only (Engineering Department) | Specific group only(Company) | ❌ |
Specific group only (Engineering Department) | Specific group only(UI/UX Team) | ✅ |
Set permissions at once
You can set permissions on all subordinate pages of a page at once
- In edit mode, click on ▲ next to the Create/Update button.
- Click "Create/Update and Overwrite scopes of all descendants".

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Pages that require authorization settings can be organized into groups, and management can be simplified by setting authorization settings for all of them at once.
Example:
- Create a page with a specific group name.
- Move the pages which you want to set the permission to view/edit only for this group to under the page created in step 1. (Please refer to here for details on moving pages.)
- Set permissions at once on the page created in step 1.