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# Internal apps

> Learn who can open an internal app and how to manage Use Access.

## Overview

Internal apps are for people in your Zite organization. Common examples include admin dashboards, team tools, review queues, and operations panels.

Members use their existing Zite accounts, so there is no public sign-up flow to configure. To give someone outside your organization access, first share the app externally.

## Who can open an internal app

Internal apps can be opened by:

* **Organization admins** — always, for every app
* **Editors** — can create, edit, and view the database and every app in the workspace
* **Internal app members** — people in your Zite organization with **Use Access** to that app
* **Members of a group** — when the group has `Edit` access to the app or its workspace

Admins and editors have broader access across the workspace. **Use Access** applies only to the selected internal app.

## Give someone Use Access

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Users">
    From the workspace, click the `Users` button to the left of the workspace selector.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select the internal app">
    Under **Internal apps**, select the app whose members you want to manage.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Invite a member">
    Click `Invite` and add the person who needs **Use Access** to the app.
  </Step>
</Steps>

**Use Access** applies to the selected app. The person remains an app member, while access to other apps stays unchanged. Add them from the `Editors` view if they need to build apps or work with the database.

## Review or remove app members

Open `Users` and select an internal app to see its members. Search by name or email address, or use `Filter` to narrow the list.

Any access changes made here apply to the selected app. Removing a member leaves their organization account and access to other apps alone.

Editors keep access to every app in the workspace. Manage them from the `Editors` view.

## Test as an app member

Internal apps sign you in as yourself. When you need to check what another member sees, use **Preview as user** in the preview toolbar. You can test their view without signing out of Zite.

## Make an internal app external

When people outside your organization need the app, [share it externally](/help/platform/access/share-to-web) and set up [authentication](/help/platform/access/authentication). People who sign up are listed as external users under that app in the Users area.

## FAQs

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Can I give one person outside my organization access?">
    Not while the app is internal. Share it externally, then configure its authentication settings so people outside your organization can sign up or be invited.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Can an internal app require a login page?">
    Internal app members use their existing Zite account. If you need a branded sign-in screen, magic links, Google sign-in, or access for people outside your organization, share the app externally and configure [authentication](/help/platform/access/authentication).
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

<p className="zite-related-topics-heading">Related topics</p>

<div className="zite-related-topics">
  <a href="/help/platform/access/manage-users">Members & users</a>
  <a href="/help/platform/getting-started/workspaces">Workspaces</a>
  <a href="/help/platform/access/authentication">Authentication</a>
  <a href="/help/platform/access/share-to-web">Share to web</a>
</div>