# Restrictions or Edit is missing from a variable's menu

**What you are seeing**

The row's **...** menu has no **Restrictions**, or **Edit** is greyed out there and in the details sidebar. Trying to save may say **You don't have permission to edit this variable**.

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## Why it happens

| **Option**       | **Who gets it**                                                                                                                                                        |
| ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Restrictions** | Space administrators (space variables), people who manage permissions for global Capable content (global variables), and the variable's author while they can edit it. |
| **Edit**         | Anyone Confluence lets edit the variable: edit permission in its space, and on the variable's restriction list if it has one.                                          |

The **Edit access** column shows **Only specific people can edit** when a variable is restricted. Variables in a read-only space also show as locked.

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## What to do

Ask the variable's author or a space administrator to add you to **Can edit** in its restrictions, or to make the change for you.

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## Related

### [Edit access and version history](https://help.gocapable.com/variables/edit-access-and-version-history.html)

Who can edit, and past values.

### [Who can see a value](https://help.gocapable.com/variables/who-can-see-a-value.html)

Values follow space permissions.

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