# Folder permissions and sharing **URL:** \ **Category:** ℹ️ Support\ **Tags:** feature, sharing\ **Created:** [April 11, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/folder-permissions-and-sharing/30201 "2018-04-11T13:47:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nordic](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/nordic/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Nordic](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/Nordic)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/folder-permissions-and-sharing/30201/1 "2018-04-11T13:47:30Z")
Hi! I need help. How do you do in Nextcloud if you want to share a folder with a group of users, but inside that are other folders that you don’t want some of the users to have access? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![linucksrox](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/linucksrox/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@linucksrox](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/linucksrox)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/folder-permissions-and-sharing/30201/2 "2018-04-11T20:20:27Z")
You probably need to move those more private folders outside of the more public folder and share them separately with their own permissions. ---
**Author:** ![anon75456558](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/anon75456558/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@anon75456558](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/anon75456558)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 11:14pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/folder-permissions-and-sharing/30201/3 "2018-04-11T23:14:15Z")
Could this also be handled via group permissions? Isn’t there a way to lock or obfuscate certain sub-folders? ---
**Author:** ![linucksrox](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/linucksrox/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@linucksrox](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/linucksrox)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 12:34pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/folder-permissions-and-sharing/30201/4 "2018-04-12T12:34:31Z")
This question has been asked before on the forums here. I found this solution that might do what you need, it just requires a little setup with the File Access Control app. > [@Subfolders permissions](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/subfolders-permissions/10081/2): > > Hi, This can’t be achieved with the sharing function itself. When a folder is shared, then users have access to all the files and sub- folders. What you can do however is to use file access control. Create a user group “CFO” and add the CFO user to that group go to Server Settings -\> Workflow and create a new tag CFO go to Server Settings -\> file access control and create a new rule “CFO restricted access” with Rules: file system tag – is applied – CFO user group membership – is not member… Do you think that might work? ---
**Author:** ![Nordic](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/nordic/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Nordic](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/Nordic)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/folder-permissions-and-sharing/30201/5 "2018-04-12T14:42:47Z")
At the end the best solution for my case was the External storage app, use a folder from the Active Domain ---
**Author:** ![wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/wwe/32/72963_2.png) [@wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/wwe)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 6:52am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/folder-permissions-and-sharing/30201/6 "2024-12-04T06:52:04Z")
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**Author:** ![wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/wwe/32/72963_2.png) [@wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/wwe)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/folder-permissions-and-sharing/30201/7 "2024-12-09T14:33:57Z")