It would be very useful to be able to hide Spaces from non-admin users in the Left Menu, regardless of whether they have permissions to access a space: Keep the Left Menu sparse, help users focus and reduce cognitive load. Restrict user access to only certain views.

Is this needed because you want to grant a user access to a space in order for them to have permissions for the contained databases, but without wanting them to see the space and all its views?

I want to hide all “normal” spaces with DB’s from all non-admin users (even those they can access), and only show them a specific set of “presentation spaces” that just contain views, not DBs.

But if they are Editors, they don’t see databases, they only see views. Perhaps I’m not seeing the wood for the trees. Is there a concrete example we can hang this discussion on?

The simplest way to explain it is that as an Admin I want more control over what my Users can see in the Left Menu. And I specifically want to prevent them from seeing most of the Spaces containing DB’s, since there’s no reason they need to - just to reduce the complexity of their interface. I want…

[image] Matt_Blais: prevent them from seeing most of the “Space” views containing DB’s [image] Matt_Blais: only be able to see a few “curated” Spaces containing only the specific Views they need to do their jobs (and no DB’s). Not sure I understand what you mean by ‘views containing DB…

I think a lot of people have this exact issue that Matt is describing. Using empty spaces with your views to better curate department/group flows, and then hidden spaces with all your databases. Hiding seems like a perfect solution. Until entity permissions are released at least. We personally have…

[image] ccollins: Using empty spaces with your views When you say ‘empty space’ I presume you mean a space without dbs. [image] ccollins: Using empty spaces with your views to better curate department/group flows, and then hidden spaces with all your databases. This was basically what…

[image] Chr1sG: the space configuration page (where databases are created, permissions managed, fields can be added/edited etc.) do you? Yes, that is what I do NOT want most of my users to see - the “space configuration” page for Spaces with DB’s.

[image] Matt_Blais: I do NOT want most of my users to see - the “space configuration” page for Spaces with DB’s. Then, in that case, they should have Editor permissions or lower, and as mentioned above, there should be at least one view in the space to which they can be redirected. A simple …

Thanks @Chr1sG - that is a quasi-solution for my needs, but I still would like the higher level of control over what Users see in their Left Menu. As @ccollins mentioned above, with the current Space-based permissions it is all too easy to end up with a large number of Spaces = CLUTTER and cognitiv…

[DONE] Hide Spaces from non-Admin Users

Ideas & Features

mdubakov October 8, 2026, 1:22pm 16

now you can hide data from admins! October 8, 2026 / 🫣 Hide Space data from Admins

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[DONE] Hide Spaces from non-Admin Users

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