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title: Overview Permissions management
description: With the permissions management in ChurchTools you can control every users access to functions and data available in ChurchTools. It ensures that users can only access those functions and data for which they have been authorised, helping to ensure the…
url: "https://staging.churchtools.academy/en/help/permissions-management/understanding-permissions/21-main/"
updated: "2026-06-08"
category: Understanding Permissions
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# Overview Permissions management

With the permissions management in ChurchTools you can control every users access to functions and data available in ChurchTools. It ensures that users can only access those functions and data for which they have been authorised, helping to ensure the security and integrity of the data.

In this video (currently only available in German!), we give you a brief overview of the permissions management, enabling you to quickly find your way around.

#### Read more

- [Explanation of the permission system in ChurchTools](https://staging.churchtools.academy/en/help/permissions-management/permissions/explanation-of-the-permission-system-in-churchtools/)
- [Open or restricted permissions management – what suits us?](https://staging.churchtools.academy/en/help/permissions-management/basics-understanding-permissions/21-open-or-restricted-permissions-management-what-suits-us/)
- [Useful permissions management – from high-level to subtle details](https://staging.churchtools.academy/en/help/permissions-management/basics-understanding-permissions/21-useful-permissions-management-from-high-level-to-subtle-details/)