# Locking down a dashboard via permissions

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/locking-down-a-dashboard-via-permissions/97222>\
**Category:** Reporting & Analytics\
**Tags:** admin, professional, dashboards\
**Created:** [January 5, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/locking-down-a-dashboard-via-permissions/97222 "2024-01-05T16:52:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Crystal\_Hopper](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/crystal_hopper/32/91040_2.png) [@Crystal\_Hopper](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Crystal_Hopper)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/locking-down-a-dashboard-via-permissions/97222/1 "2024-01-05T16:52:44Z")

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Under my Super Admin login I set a Dasbhoard to Private:

 ![Crystal_Hopper_0-1704473108972.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/d/ad6b5a50f5aac4e8636b51549cabbc80ca0c964c.png)

 ![Crystal_Hopper_1-1704473151836.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/5/95c1e74f7d546ecd30c34ddbc5f6f2c31958bcdc.png)

In a different browser I logged in to a user account that I’m attempting to lock down into a view-only state. When that user views the dashboard:

1. First of all, I don’t this user should be able to view this dashboard.
2. That user can edit the access of the board!?!?!?!

From user account:

 ![Crystal_Hopper_2-1704473287286.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/a/8a4629f203b56ad53c4dd8c7d3ca532e4b714cf9.png)

And yes, this user can modify the permission and give Everyone access to view and edit the dashboard.

What am I missing?

User’s Reporting Permissions:

 ![Crystal_Hopper_3-1704473406049.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/5/45d24ae9989552f00db4d31cdd3488f78be140ac.png)

With the current permissions I do not think this user account should be able to edit this Dashboard. They do not own it. I don’t even want them to SEE it in the list.

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**Author:** ![Crystal\_Hopper](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/crystal_hopper/32/91040_2.png) [@Crystal\_Hopper](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Crystal_Hopper)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/locking-down-a-dashboard-via-permissions/97222/2 "2024-01-05T16:58:52Z")

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Helps if you read the little info bubbles that pop up! Oi!

Answer is because Dashboards were enabled under Settings, I couldn’t modify the specific permissions under Reporting. There was a little info bubble trying to tell me this, but I chose to ignore it.

 ![Crystal_Hopper_0-1704473818854.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/8/78ef4a5cc27da0887089d6cfb0e641156cff7acc.png)

I turned off Reports and Dasbhoards in the Settings area:

![Crystal_Hopper_1-1704473884864.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/optimized/3X/9/8/98893ce259ac03cc83f01f518794252c8778e261_2_690x73.png)

Then I could better set the actual permission level in the Reporting section

 ![Crystal_Hopper_2-1704473926139.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/2X/3/3751385c07ea35db78a23c64290d16f5bc702653.png)