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Databricks shared folder area permissions issue

eballinger — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:16:56 GMT

We have some notebook code that I would like to share with our team only in the "shared folder" area of Databricks. I know by default this area is meant as a area to share stuff with the entire organization but from what I have read you should be able to override this security to create your own security.

So when I create a new folder how can I override the security for that folder under Workspace -> Shared -> My Teams Folder? When I view the permissions on the new folder I can see "All workspace users" have the inherited permission of "Can Manage (inherited)" and there is no option to remove them which is of course not what I want.

How can I create a team folder in the shared area?

Thanks
Eddie

Re: Databricks shared folder area permissions issue

Isi — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:37:55 GMT

Hello @eballinger

In Databricks, the users group (sometimes shown in the UI as All workspace users) has default permissions that cannot be revoked at the top-level Shared folder. Docs

So looks like:

It’s not possible to create a folder under /Shared that is restricted only to a team by removing All workspace users.
Any new folder created under /Shared will always inherit “Can Manage” for the users group.

If you want a team-only folder, you’ll need to create it outside /Shared (e.g., under /Workspace/<Team Folder>)

Hope this helps 🙂

Isi

Re: Databricks shared folder area permissions issue

eballinger — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:14:08 GMT

Thanks for the quick reply. Your suggestion is perfect. I did not know you could do that but its exactly what I wanted.