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App configuration

Collaboration

How to collaborate on apps with your team.

App collaboration allows multiple team members to build, test, and manage apps together in the Developer Portal.

Prerequisites

Adding collaborators

  1. Navigate to your app in the Developer Portal⁠(opens in a new tab or window).
  2. Select the Collaborators tab.
  3. Select Add collaborators.
  4. Choose the team members you want to add. You can only add collaborators from within your Canva team.

When you add a collaborator, they immediately gain access. They will see the app listed in their Developer Portal⁠(opens in a new tab or window).

Collaborator roles

There are 3 collaborator roles, listed from lowest to highest privilege:

Role
Permissions
Member
  • Can edit all app fields (for example, Code upload, App listing details, Your details).
  • Can preview the app.
  • Can submit the app for review, release it, and create a new version.
  • Can view all app versions, including previous versions.
Manager
  • All Member permissions.
  • Can add and remove collaborators.
  • Can change collaborators' roles.
Owner
  • All Manager permissions.
  • Can delete the app.

Managing collaborators

You must be an app owner or manager to change roles or remove collaborators.

Changing collaborator roles

  1. Navigate to your app in the Developer Portal⁠(opens in a new tab or window).
  2. Select the Collaborators tab.
  3. Find the collaborator whose role you want to change.
  4. Select the drop-down next to their current role.
  5. Select the new role.

Removing collaborators

  1. Navigate to your app in the Developer Portal⁠(opens in a new tab or window).
  2. Select the Collaborators tab.
  3. Find the collaborator you want to remove.
  4. Select the drop-down next to their current role.
  5. Select the Remove collaborator option.

When a collaborator is removed, they immediately lose access to the app.

Transferring ownership

The user who created the app will be the owner, changing the app owner isn't currently supported, but is coming soon.

Limitations

  • There's a maximum of 49 collaborators per app.
  • Collaborators can only leave an app by requesting that an app owner or manager to remove them.
  • Collaborators aren't sent email notifications when an app's status changes.
  • Collaborators don't have access to the JSD support ticket created when submitting an app for review.
  • If a team's Canva Teams or Enterprise subscription expires, the app reverts to a single-user app, where only the owner can access it. When the subscription is renewed, all collaborators regain access.