# Permissions

### Overview

Access to a Site is granted by specific permission tiers. For information on access levels for repositories in Git-Based Source Control, see [this section](https://docs.copia.io/docs/git-based-source-control/administration/teams/permissions-by-account-type).

The permission levels for Sites are summarized in the following table:

<table><thead><tr><th>Action</th><th width="156" align="center">Owner</th><th align="center">Admin</th><th align="center">Write</th><th align="center">Read-only</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Creating Sites</td><td align="center"><mark style="color:green;"><strong>✓</strong></mark></td><td align="center"><mark style="color:red;"><strong>✕</strong></mark></td><td align="center"><mark style="color:red;"><strong>✕</strong></mark></td><td align="center"><mark style="color:red;"><strong>✕</strong></mark></td></tr><tr><td>Deleting Sites</td><td align="center"><mark style="color:green;"><strong>✓</strong></mark></td><td align="center"><mark style="color:red;"><strong>✕</strong></mark></td><td align="center"><mark style="color:red;"><strong>✕</strong></mark></td><td align="center"><mark style="color:red;"><strong>✕</strong></mark></td></tr><tr><td>Managing permissions</td><td align="center"><mark style="color:green;"><strong>✓</strong></mark></td><td align="center"><mark style="color:green;"><strong>✓</strong></mark></td><td align="center"><mark style="color:red;"><strong>✕</strong></mark></td><td align="center"><mark style="color:red;"><strong>✕</strong></mark></td></tr><tr><td>Editing Site settings</td><td align="center"><mark style="color:green;"><strong>✓</strong></mark></td><td align="center"><mark style="color:green;"><strong>✓</strong></mark></td><td align="center"><mark style="color:red;"><strong>✕</strong></mark></td><td align="center"><mark style="color:red;"><strong>✕</strong></mark></td></tr><tr><td>Creating, editing, &#x26; deleting Site assets</td><td align="center"><mark style="color:green;"><strong>✓</strong></mark></td><td align="center"><mark style="color:green;"><strong>✓</strong></mark></td><td align="center"><mark style="color:green;"><strong>✓</strong></mark></td><td align="center"><mark style="color:red;"><strong>✕</strong></mark></td></tr><tr><td>Running a backup</td><td align="center"><mark style="color:green;"><strong>✓</strong></mark></td><td align="center"><mark style="color:green;"><strong>✓</strong></mark></td><td align="center"><mark style="color:green;"><strong>✓</strong></mark></td><td align="center"><mark style="color:red;"><strong>✕</strong></mark></td></tr><tr><td>Creating a PR</td><td align="center"><mark style="color:green;"><strong>✓</strong></mark></td><td align="center"><mark style="color:green;"><strong>✓</strong></mark></td><td align="center"><mark style="color:green;"><strong>✓</strong></mark></td><td align="center"><mark style="color:red;"><strong>✕</strong></mark></td></tr><tr><td>Watching Projects</td><td align="center"><mark style="color:green;"><strong>✓</strong></mark></td><td align="center"><mark style="color:green;"><strong>✓</strong></mark></td><td align="center"><mark style="color:green;"><strong>✓</strong></mark></td><td align="center"><mark style="color:red;"><strong>✕</strong></mark></td></tr><tr><td>Viewing assets in a Site</td><td align="center"><mark style="color:green;"><strong>✓</strong></mark></td><td align="center"><mark style="color:green;"><strong>✓</strong></mark></td><td align="center"><mark style="color:green;"><strong>✓</strong></mark></td><td align="center"><mark style="color:green;"><strong>✓</strong></mark></td></tr><tr><td>Viewing backup results</td><td align="center"><mark style="color:green;"><strong>✓</strong></mark></td><td align="center"><mark style="color:green;"><strong>✓</strong></mark></td><td align="center"><mark style="color:green;"><strong>✓</strong></mark></td><td align="center"><mark style="color:red;"><strong>✕</strong></mark></td></tr></tbody></table>

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Owners have the highest level of administrative authority within your Site. When you create a new Site, it will automatically be added to the Owners Team.
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