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Manage permissions

To set, change, or remove permissions that determine which users, accounts, or systems can access a resource or perform particular actions.

In plain English

Permissions are rules that say which users, accounts, or systems may use a resource or do specific things. Managing them means creating those rules, changing them, or taking them away.

In context

Here, the expression signals an option to go review and adjust the permissions that control access to a resource or allowed actions.

Situation
Reviewing app permissions, consent prompts, access scopes, and security warnings
What it communicates
offers navigation to review and adjust permission settings.

Meaning limits

The term alone does not identify the specific resource, actions, or actors covered by the permissions.

Examples

“After the staff change, Lina managed permissions for the shared folder by removing one account and giving another permission to edit it.”

Core meaning

“If someone else needs to open or change the file, select Manage permissions and review who can do each action.”

In context

  • set permissions Narrower Term

    This covers only assigning permissions, not changing or removing them.

  • revoke permissions Narrower Term

    This covers only removing permissions, which is one part of managing permissions.