Left Menu

Files.com lets Site Administrators customize the left menu of the Web App by hiding menu sections from specific user roles.

Site Administrators can hide the following menu sections from Workspace Administrators and Folder Admins: Sharing, Automations, Integrations, Notifications, Client Apps, and Developers.

Site Administrators can also hide Sharing, Integrations, Client Apps, and Developers from standard users who have no admin privileges.

Setting the Menu Visibility

To access the settings, type "Left Menu" in the search box at the top of every page and select the matching result.

You cannot hide categories from Site Administrators. Site Administrators can always see all menu categories.

Non-privileged users (who do not have any admin rights anywhere in the system) cannot be shown a menu option that is hidden from folder admins.

Hiding Menu Visibility Is Separate from User Permissions

This menu customization does not replace managing a user's privileges; if a user does not have sharing permissions (either assigned directly or through a group) for at least one folder, they will not be able to see the Sharing menu, even if it is enabled.

Hiding a category prevents a user from accessing any page in that category in the Web UI, but it does not block access through the Files.com API, any of our official SDKs or the Command Line Application (CLI).