Use this article to give a role access to selected folders in the Sandbox while keeping other Sandbox folders hidden.

Sandbox folders can only be set to Hidden or Manage. You cannot grant View, Print, or Download access to Sandbox content without also granting Manage permission.

Permissions cannot be set for individual files in the Sandbox. Folder permissions apply to the content within the folder.

Set access to selected Sandbox folders

1. Go to Permissions > Content Access.
2. Select Sandbox.
3. Select the role that you want to configure.
4. Click Edit.
5. Set the Staging Folder to Hidden.
6. Expand the Staging Folder and any parent folders that contain the folders you want the role to access.
7. Set each folder that the role needs to access to Manage.
8. Click Save.

When you grant Manage access to a nested folder, parent folders that are needed for navigation automatically change from Hidden to View. This lets the role navigate to the folder without granting Manage access to the parent folders.

If you cannot set different permissions for a subfolder

If a parent folder has a solid Manage permission bar, its subfolders inherit Manage permission. You cannot assign different permissions to those subfolders while the parent remains set to Manage.

Set the parent folder to Hidden, then assign Manage permission to the individual subfolders that the role needs to access.

For information about what users can do after they receive Manage access, see Sandbox - Users in roles with Manage permissions.