# Restricting editing to only items you've created

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/restricting-editing-to-only-items-youve-created/2573>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [December 2, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/restricting-editing-to-only-items-youve-created/2573 "2019-12-02T12:36:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![imdanthomas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/imdanthomas/32/1946_2.png) [@imdanthomas](https://community.glideapps.com/u/imdanthomas)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/restricting-editing-to-only-items-youve-created/2573/1 "2019-12-02T12:36:56Z")

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Hi everyone

Can you tell me if this is possible right now or whether it needs to be added as a feature?

I’m looking to use glide to create a people directory where members log in with their email address and create their profile listing.

I’d like to restrict it so they can see all items but only edit the item that’s theirs, i.e. the one that shares the same email address as the one they logged in with.

Is this possible?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/restricting-editing-to-only-items-youve-created/2573/2 "2019-12-02T13:33:55Z")

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It can be done. I think this is a good explanation and example of what you are looking for.

> [@FInstagram Profiles (Bug?)](https://community.glideapps.com/t/finstagram-profiles-bug/1572/5):
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> I’ve updated the FInstagram sample to use the new Relation columns in the Data Editor. You can make a read-only copy of the user profiles by mirroring the Profile sheet in another tab, but this is a bit too advanced to include in the template. Create a second tab in your sheet and put in cell A1: ={Profile!A:Z} to create a copy of the profile sheet. Now use this as the read-only profiles in the app that cannot be edited.

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**Author:** ![imdanthomas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/imdanthomas/32/1946_2.png) [@imdanthomas](https://community.glideapps.com/u/imdanthomas)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 9:07am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/restricting-editing-to-only-items-youve-created/2573/3 "2019-12-10T09:07:16Z")

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Thanks for the reply. In this example it seems that people can create items and read all items, but not edit only their own though…? Perhaps i’m misunderstanding it.

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/restricting-editing-to-only-items-youve-created/2573/4 "2019-12-10T12:59:49Z")

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In that particular example, no it doesn’t appear that a user can edit their own items once created, however you can set it up similar to the finstagram advanced example where there are two profile sheets. One is a ‘view only’ sheet for all users to see. The other sheet is used with per user data for adding and editing.