# Create a custom role

Build a role from exactly the permissions a job needs, when none of the four default roles fits. Edit or delete it later.

The default roles are broad on purpose. When a job sits between two of them, such as an auditor who should read everything, see the history and change nothing, build a role that fits it exactly. A custom role belongs to the team folder it's made in.

> **Before you start:**
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> Your role in the team folder includes **Manage roles**. Of the default roles, only **Admin** does.

## Create the role

- Open the team folder, select **Manage**, then the **Roles** tab.
- Under **Custom Roles**, select **New Role**.
- Enter a name that describes the job, then select each permission the role should include. **View files** is ticked to start with.

  ![The Custom Roles section of the Roles tab with a New Role button and the new role form open: a Role name box with the hint e.g. Reviewer, then a grid of twelve permission tiles. View files is ticked and highlighted orange; Upload files, Edit / rename, Delete permanently, Move files, Share, Download, Manage members, Manage roles, View activity, Create subfolders and Move to trash are not.](https://www.sorviai.com/help/nest/team-folders/new-role-form.png)
- Select **Create Role**. It joins the list under **Custom Roles**, and appears in every member's role list in this folder.

## Edit or delete a custom role

Each custom role's card has a pencil and a bin. The pencil reopens the same form so you can rename the role or change its permissions; select **Save** and every member holding it is updated at once.

> **Warning:**
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> **A role in use can't be deleted**
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> If anyone still holds the role, deleting it is refused with a message saying how many members are using it. Move those members to another role first, then delete it.

> **Note:**
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> Names must be different from the folder's other custom roles, capitals aside. A custom role made in one team folder doesn't appear in any other.