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# Permissions and Access Control
Permissions and access control in HelpYouSponsor provides granular control over what users can see and do within the platform. This sophisticated system ensures that users have access to exactly what they need while maintaining data security and organizational boundaries.
To navigate to Permissions and Access Control, click on **"Admin and Permissions"** under "**Settings**" on the main menu.
Here you can see the Permissions Sets you have in the account.
From here you can perform actions like;
* Creating a permission set.
* Editing a permission set.
* Deleting a permission set.
### Creating a permission set
To create a permission set, click on the "**Create a Permission Set**" button. This will open up a drawer to set up your permission set.
From here you can check the settings, programs and donor profiles an admin who will belong to this permissions set will have access to. Take time to read through what the checkboxes say to grant or deny admins the necessary permissions.
> **NOTE:** Some areas, such as Insights and [Wealth Insights](/guides/core-features/donor-management/wealth-insights.md), appear only when the related feature is enabled for your organization and the admin has the required access.
### SMS Messaging permissions
SMS Messaging access is controlled by three permission levels:
* **View SMS shared inbox** lets an admin open SMS Messaging and read donor text conversations.
* **Reply from SMS shared inbox** lets an admin start donor conversations and send SMS replies.
* **Manage SMS shared inbox** lets an admin assign conversations, change conversation status, and link unknown numbers to donors.
If an admin cannot see SMS Messaging under **Communications**, confirm that SMS Messaging is enabled for the organization and that the admin's permission set includes the needed SMS inbox access.
### Print Mailings permissions
Print Mailings access is controlled by three permission levels:
* **View Print Mailings** lets an admin open Print Mailings and review templates, generated mailings, runs, and history.
* **Generate Print Mailings** lets an admin generate mailing runs from available templates.
* **Manage Print Mailings** lets an admin create, edit, duplicate, and archive custom templates. When Handwrytten is enabled, this also controls stronger approval and submission actions.
If an admin cannot see Print Mailings under **Communications**, confirm that Print Mailings is enabled for the organization and that the admin's permission set includes the needed Print Mailings access.
### Editting a permission set.
To edit a permission set, click on the pencil icon on the permission set's card. This will open up a drawer with the details of the permission set. The checked checkboxes are the permissions that have been activated for the permission set.
After editing the permissions set to your preference, click Save to update the permission set.
### Deleting a permission set.
To delete a permissions set, click on the delete icon on the permission set's card. This will pop up a dialog to confirm your deleting of the permission set. Click Confirm to delete the permission set.
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