Managing an individual’s access to an organization project (classic)

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As an organization owner or classic project admin, you can manage an individual member's access to a classic project owned by your organization.

Notes:

  • Projects, the all-new projects experience, is now available. For more information about Projects, see "About Projects" and for information about migrating your classic project, see "Migrating from projects (classic)."
  • You can only create a new classic project board for an organization or user that already has at least one classic project board. You cannot create new classic projects for repositories. If you're unable to create a classic project board, create a project instead.

Note: If a person has multiple avenues of access to an organization classic project (individually, through a team, or as an organization member), the highest classic project permission level overrides lower permission levels. For more information, see "Project (classic) permissions for an organization."

Giving an organization member access to a classic project

  1. In the top right corner of GitHub.com, click your profile photo, then click Your organizations.

    Screenshot of the dropdown menu under @octocat's profile picture. "Your organizations" is outlined in dark orange.

  2. Click the name of your organization.

  3. Under your organization name, click Projects.

    Screenshot of the horizontal navigation bar for an organization. A tab, labeled with a table icon and "Projects," is outlined in dark orange.

  4. Click Projects (classic)

  5. In the projects list, click the name of the classic project.

  6. On the top-right side of the classic project, click Menu.

  7. Click , then click Settings.

    Screenshot showing the project menu. The settings option is highlighted with an orange outline.

  8. In the left sidebar, click Collaborators.

  9. Under "Search by username, full name or email address", type the collaborator's name, username, or GitHub email.

  10. In the search results, click the correct username and click Add collaborator.

  11. Optionally, next to the new collaborator's name, use the drop-down menu and click the desired permission level: Read, Write, or Admin.

Changing an organization member's access to a classic project

  1. In the top right corner of GitHub.com, click your profile photo, then click Your organizations.

    Screenshot of the dropdown menu under @octocat's profile picture. "Your organizations" is outlined in dark orange.

  2. Click the name of your organization.

  3. Under your organization name, click Projects.

    Screenshot of the horizontal navigation bar for an organization. A tab, labeled with a table icon and "Projects," is outlined in dark orange.

  4. Click Projects (classic)

  5. In the projects list, click the name of the classic project.

  6. On the top-right side of the classic project, click Menu.

  7. Click , then click Settings.

    Screenshot showing the project menu. The settings option is highlighted with an orange outline.

  8. In the left sidebar, click Collaborators.

  9. Optionally, next to the new collaborator's name, use the drop-down menu and click the desired permission level: Read, Write, or Admin.

Removing an organization member's access to a classic project

When you remove a collaborator from a classic project, they may still retain access to the board based on the permissions they have for other roles. To completely remove access to a classic project, you must remove access for each role the person has. For instance, a person may have access to the classic project as an organization member or team member. For more information, see "Project (classic) permissions for an organization."

  1. In the top right corner of GitHub.com, click your profile photo, then click Your organizations.

    Screenshot of the dropdown menu under @octocat's profile picture. "Your organizations" is outlined in dark orange.

  2. Click the name of your organization.

  3. Under your organization name, click Projects.

    Screenshot of the horizontal navigation bar for an organization. A tab, labeled with a table icon and "Projects," is outlined in dark orange.

  4. Click Projects (classic)

  5. In the projects list, click the name of the classic project.

  6. On the top-right side of the classic project, click Menu.

  7. Click , then click Settings.

    Screenshot showing the project menu. The settings option is highlighted with an orange outline.

  8. In the left sidebar, click Collaborators.

  9. Next to the collaborator you want to remove, click X.

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