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Workspace Roles & Permissions

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Every member of your Butter workspace is assigned a role (Owner, Admin or Member). The role determines what permissions they have in the workspace (i.e. managing members, workspace info and billing details).

🎥 Video Tour: Member Roles

A quick 1-minute explainer of the four different member roles in your workspace.

Workspace Member Roles & Permissions

There are several member roles, each with its own set of permissions.

Here’s a quick summary of each role. Check out the table below for a full breakdown of each member role’s permissions.

1. Owner

There’s only one owner per workspace. By default, the workspace creator is the owner. If the owner deletes their profile, ownership is automatically transferred to another admin.

The owner has all the same permissions as an admin, but they’re the only user that can delete the entire workspace.

2. Admin

Workspace admins can manage everything in the workspace, but cannot delete it.

They can edit workspace settings, manage billing information, upgrade and manage members, and manage the templates and saved items in the team library.

3. Member

Members have full access to almost all of Butter’s features. They can create unlimited rooms, run sessions, and start sessions from rooms they’ve created or have been invited to as a collaborator.

They can’t manage general or billing settings. They can add and edit items in the workspace library, but they can’t delete other people’s library items.

Here is a quick overview of their different permission levels:

Owner
Admin
Member
WORKSPACE SETTINGS
Edit General settings
✅
✅
❌
Edit Plan & Billing
✅
✅
❌
Invite workspace members
✅
✅
❌
Modify/upgrade members
✅
✅
❌
Delete workspace
✅
❌
❌
LIBRARY
Add library items
✅
✅
✅
Edit own library items
✅
✅
✅
Delete own library items
✅
✅
✅
Delete all library items
✅
✅
❌
Share library items
✅
✅
✅

Managing Member Roles

Starting from your workspace dashboard, you can change a workspace member’s role by navigating to Settings > Workspace > Members and then selecting the ‘…’ menu next to the member you want to edit.

Only workspace owners and admins can modify a member’s role.

See for full details on how to manage the members in your workspace.

Workspace Roles & Permissions FAQ

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How many members can I have in a workspace?

On the Free workspace, you can have up to 5 free members.

On the Starter or Pro workspace, you can have up unlimited paid members and admins.

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Can guest room collaborators access my workspace?

If you invite a guest outside of your workspace to collaborate on a room, they will only have access to that room, not your workspace (including items in your library). See for more details.

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Do session participants have to be a member of my workspace?

No! Anyone can join a Butter session. Participants do not count towards your workspace member limits (only your session participant limit).

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How do I delete members from my workspace?

Only admins and owners can delete members in your workspace.

See for full details on how to manage the members in your workspace.

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How does workspace pricing work?

See for details on pricing.

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How does my billing get calculated when I add/delete Pro members?

See for details on how monthly/annual invoices are calculated.

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How do I transfer workspace ownership?

You can change ownership by heading to members in workspace settings, clicking the 3 dots and changing their role from there.

Owners can only transfer their ownership to other paid members!

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