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Shipped 2026-07-26 · Workspaces and permissions Per-entity privacy is no longer a Team-only feature. On every plan (Starter, Individual, and Team) you can open Manage access on any note, protocol, attachment or collection and change who can see it.

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What changed

All three privacy modes are available on every plan:
  • Workspace: everyone in the workspace can see it. Still the default.
  • Only specific people: visible to the people you name, plus the workspace Owner.
  • Just me: visible only to you. No Owner override.

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Why

Deciding who can see a note is a safety property, not a premium feature. A researcher working alone on a Starter plan handling sensitive material needs it as much as a lab of twenty does, and gating it taught people that Bower’s default is “everyone in the workspace sees everything, and you can’t change that”.

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What hasn’t changed

  • Workspace roles (Owner / Admin / Member / Viewer) remain a Team feature.
  • Restricted mode and Bower’s HIPAA/BAA posture remain a Team feature.
  • Workspace admins can still switch Just me off for their whole workspace where policy requires everything to be auditable by an Owner.
  • Anything you had already marked private stays exactly as it was.
Sharing notes and collections → · Workspace permissions overview →