Shared Journal Permissions

A chart to explain the permissions and actions available to owners and members of a Shared Journal.

Here’s a chart to explain the permissions and actions available to owners and members of a Shared Journal. Here’s more on Shared Journals Privacy.

Active Journal MemberJournal Owner
Add entries to a Shared Journal
View all entries in a Shared Journal
View all media in a Shared Journal
View a map of all Shared Journal entry locations 
View a calendar of all Shared Journal entry dates
Comment on all entries in a Shared Journal
React to all entries in a Shared Journal
Print a Shared Journal (iOS only) via Book Printing
Export an entry to PDF, plain text, JSON and Save to Files (iOS)
View the entry author’s location (if entry author’s location is enabled)  
View the entry author’s weather, moon phase, altitude, and creation device for the entry (iOS)
See other members of the Shared Journal (including their name, profile picture, member length, number of entries, and reactions)
View the total number of entries, media, and days of a Shared Journal.  
Receive notifications of Shared Journal activities, including new entries, updated entries, new members, and members leaving a Shared Journal
Take screenshots of entries 
Save media in a Shared Journal to their device
Change journal settings (Name, description, color, or Journal Sharing) X
Leave a Shared JournalX (only after transferring ownership to another member)
Hide the Shared Journal from their On This Day, Today View, and Streaks
Delete comments from a Shared Journal entry✅ (If entry author or comment author)
Move their Shared Journal entries to a private journalX (feature currently disabled, but will be coming soon)X (feature currently disabled, but will be coming soon)
Move other member’s Shared Journal entries to a private journalX (feature currently disabled, but will be coming soon)X (feature currently disabled, but will be coming soon)
Move entries from one Shared Journal to anotherX X
Delete their own entries in a Shared Journal
Delete other member’s entries X
Delete the Shared JournalX
Invite other people to the Shared JournalX
Transfer ownership of a Shared JournalX
Revoke access of a memberX
Edit their own profile

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