docs/content/organizations/managing-organization-settings/setting-permissions-for-adding-outside-collaborators.md

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Setting permissions for adding outside collaborators	To protect your organization's data and the number of paid licenses used in your organization, you can configure who can add outside collaborators to organization repositories.	/articles/restricting-the-ability-to-add-outside-collaborators-to-organization-repositories /articles/setting-permissions-for-adding-outside-collaborators /github/setting-up-and-managing-organizations-and-teams/setting-permissions-for-adding-outside-collaborators	ghes ghec * *	Organizations Teams	Set collaborator policy

{% data reusables.enterprise-managed.repo-collaborators-note %}

{% data reusables.organizations.about-outside-collaborators %} For more information, see AUTOTITLE.

By default, anyone with admin access to a repository can invite outside collaborators to work on the repository. You can choose to restrict the ability to add outside collaborators to organization owners only.

{% ifversion ghec %}

Note

Only organizations that use {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_cloud %} can restrict the ability to invite outside collaborators to organization owners. {% data reusables.enterprise.link-to-ghec-trial %}

{% endif %}

{% ifversion ghec %}If your organization is owned by an enterprise account, you{% else %}You{% endif %} may not be able to configure this setting for your organization, if an enterprise owner has set a policy at the enterprise level. For more information, see [Enforcing repository management policies in your enterprise]{% ifversion ghec %}(/admin/policies/enforcing-policies-for-your-enterprise/enforcing-repository-management-policies-in-your-enterprise#enforcing-a-policy-for-inviting-collaborators-to-repositories){% else %}(/admin/policies/enforcing-policies-for-your-enterprise/enforcing-repository-management-policies-in-your-enterprise#enforcing-a-policy-for-inviting-outside-collaborators-to-repositories){% endif %}.

{% data reusables.organizations.outside-collaborators-use-seats %}

{% data reusables.profile.access_org %} {% data reusables.profile.org_settings %} {% data reusables.organizations.member-privileges %}

1. Under "Repository outside collaborators", deselect Allow repository administrators to invite outside collaborators to repositories for this organization.
2. Click Save.