Protected Editing is a feature that prevents accidental edits to important documents while still allowing authorized users to make changes when necessary.
How to enable Protected Editing
To enable Protected Editing:
Open a doc and click the three-dot menu in the top-right corner.
Hover over
Protected Editing and choose one of the following options:Doc is protectedDoc and sub-docs are protectedDoc is not protected
Protect Editing can only be turned on and off by channel admins.
Interacting with a protected doc
When a doc is protected, you will see:
A PROTECTED label at the top of the doc.
A blue banner at the bottom of the doc.
- If you have Writer permissions and need to make changes, click the Edit button in the blue banner.
- If you don't have Writer permissions, that won't change anything for you.
