Restricting access

The highest permission always wins so if you for example want to hide a folder or dashboard from others you need to remove the Organization Role based permission from the Access Control List (ACL).

• A more specific permission with a lower permission level will not have any effect if a more general rule exists with higher permission level. You need to remove or lower the permission level of the more general rule.

Here are some examples of how Grafana resolves multiple permissions.

• Everyone with Editor role can edit
• user1 can view

Result: has Edit permission as the highest permission always wins.

Permissions for a dashboard:

• user1 Can Edit
• team1 Can Admin

Permissions for a dashboard:

• user1 can admin (inherited from parent folder)

Result: You cannot override to a lower permission. has Admin permission as the highest permission always wins.