--- title: Managing Permissions for Tag Shippers and Receivers description: This article provides information on Managing Permissions for Tag Shippers and Receivers --- [Skip to content](https://support.tive.com/managing-permissions-for-tag-shippers-and-receivers#main-content) English - United States Show submenu for translations [Sign in](https://support.tive.com/_hcms/mem/login?redirect_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupport.tive.com%2Fmanaging-permissions-for-tag-shippers-and-receivers&hsLang=en-us) [![TIVE logo](https://support.tive.com/hubfs/612cb18878946b6233874e2a_tive-logo-light-1.svg)](https://new.support.tive.com/?hsLang=en-us) - [Home](https://support.tive.com/) - [API Support](https://developers.tive.com/docs/rest-api-overview) - [Documents & Certificates](https://new.support.tive.com/documents-and-certificates) - [Tive Platform](http://platform.tive.com/) - [What's New](https://new.support.tive.com/product-release-notes) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Home](https://support.tive.com/) - [API Support](https://developers.tive.com/docs/rest-api-overview) - [Documents & Certificates](https://new.support.tive.com/documents-and-certificates) - [Tive Platform](http://platform.tive.com/) - [What's New](https://new.support.tive.com/product-release-notes) - English - United States Show submenu for translations - [Sign in](https://support.tive.com/_hcms/mem/login?redirect_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupport.tive.com%2Fmanaging-permissions-for-tag-shippers-and-receivers) - Contact us Contact us How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. 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Click on your initials in the top right corner, then click **Organization**. 2. Select the **Users** tab, then click **Manage Roles** > **Create New Role** 3. Choose a name for your role (i.e., AppOnly Shipper) and make the following adjustments: 1. 1. Under the Organization Permissions tab, disable **Tive web app access.![](https://support.tive.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Rich%20Text%20Pasting/google-1746830420695.png?width=353&height=237&name=google-1746830420695.png)** 2. Under the **Shipment Permissions** tab, ensure that the **Start shipment** ability is enabled and that the **Mark shipment as complete** ability is disabled.![](https://support.tive.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Rich%20Text%20Pasting/google-1746830430269.png?width=381&height=302&name=google-1746830430269.png) 3. Click **Create** and apply this role to any user at an origin location who will solely be responsible for starting Tag shipments. ### Configure a User Role for Tag Receivers If you know who your receivers are and want to prevent your Tags from being read by anyone, you can follow the steps below to create a “receiver” role. If you don’t know who your receiver will be, check out [Anonymous Reading](https://new.support.tive.com/tive-tag-anonymous-reading?hsLang=en-us). 1. Click on your initials in the top right corner, then click **Organization**. 2. Select the **Users** tab, then click **Manage Roles** > **Create New Role** 3. Choose a name for your role (i.e., AppOnly Receiver) and make the following adjustments: 1. 1. Under the Organization Permissions tab, disable **Tive web app access.![](https://support.tive.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Rich%20Text%20Pasting/google-1746830441439.png?width=353&height=237&name=google-1746830441439.png)** 2. Under the Shipment Permissions tab, ensure that the **Mark shipment as complete ability** is enabled and that the **Start shipment** ability is disabled.![](https://support.tive.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Rich%20Text%20Pasting/google-1746830448900.png?width=339&height=311&name=google-1746830448900.png) 3. Click **Create** and apply this role to any user at an origin location who will solely be responsible for starting Tag shipments. [![tive logo white](https://support.tive.com/hubfs/tive%20logo%20white.svg "tive logo white")](http://tive.com) © 2025 Tive is a registered trademark of Tive, Inc.