Is there a way to prevent users from creating Documents or Whiteboards?
They aren’t tied to any database and tend to clutter the sidebar, making it harder to keep things organized. I’d love to restrict their creation or at least control visibility to avoid unnecessary mess.
Any insights would be appreciated! 
You can limit users to being Viewers for the space, and they won’t be able to create docs or whiteboards.
I need users to be able to edit a task’s status and other details, but I want to restrict them from creating new documents.
How can I limit their ability to create new docs while still allowing them to modify existing field data?
I tried setting everyone to Viewer access and then granting permissions by duplicating a template and restoring some editing abilities, but that still didn’t work.
I believe Contributor access also disallows creating docs and whiteboards, right?
Look for the Space’s sharing menu, not the database’s. So, for example, you can give people Viewer access for the Space, so that people can’t create/edit views (including docs and whiteboards). Then you can share the database with Editor access so that people can edit the entities’ details.
There are three levels of sharing: space, database and entity.
You need to share the space at Viewer level, then share databases as Editor.
You only need to play with access templates if you need sophisticated entity sharing inheritance rules.
