# Project Management Permissions

By default, any user who owns a project can create new projects, archive their projects, and delete them. The **Project Management Permissions** setting lets you restrict those actions to organization Admins and Owners only.

## Enabling the restriction

1. Go to **Organization Settings > Projects > Project Permissions**.
2. Toggle **Restrict project management to admins and owners** to on.

Once enabled, the following actions are restricted to org Admins and Owners:

| Action              | Admins & Owners | Members (project owners) |
| ------------------- | :-------------: | :----------------------: |
| Create new projects |        ✓        |                          |
| Archive a project   |        ✓        |                          |
| Delete a project    |        ✓        |                          |

Members who own projects will no longer see the **New Project** button, the archive toggle in project settings, or the delete option in the project list.

> **Note:** Org Admins and Owners always retain full project management access regardless of this setting.

## When to use this

This setting is useful when you want to maintain tighter control over your project portfolio — for example, to ensure projects are only created or removed by designated administrators.

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## Project Discoverability

Discoverable projects appear in the **Organization Projects** tab on the [Projects page](https://app.cogram.com/dashboard/projects/), letting any organization member browse and request access. Org admins and owners can configure the default discoverability behavior for all projects.

### Configuring the org default

1. Go to [Organization Settings > Projects > Project Permissions](https://app.cogram.com/dashboard/settings/admin/projects/project-permissions).
2. Under **Project Discoverability**, use the following toggles:

| Setting                               | Effect                                                                                                                                                       |
| ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Enable discoverability by default** | When on, new projects are discoverable to all organization members by default. When off, new projects are hidden from the organization directory by default. |
| **Allow project owners to override**  | When on, project owners can change the discoverability of their own projects in Project Settings. When off, only org admins and owners can change it.        |

### Applying the default to existing projects

Below the toggles, click **Apply to all existing projects** to set every project (excluding archived projects) to the current org default. A confirmation dialog will appear because this action cannot be undone.

> **Note:** If "Allow project owners to override" is turned off and you apply to all, project owners will not be able to change the setting back on their own projects afterward.

### Per-project discoverability

Individual projects can be toggled between discoverable and hidden in **Project Settings > Project discoverability**, as long as the organization allows overrides. If the override is locked by the org admin, a warning is shown explaining that discoverability is controlled by the organization. See [Projects — Project discoverability](/guides/projects.md#project-discoverability) for more details on what discoverable and non-discoverable mean for project members.


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