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cannot download boards despite being an editor

  • January 28, 2026
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I’m a student and my Miro account is university-affiliated. I haven’t used or heard of Miro before college, but I can’t download board content even though I’ve been granted editor permissions! I need to download these board contents as they’re assigned readings.

  • I’m definitely signed in to my university account
  • I have editing permission!
  • Asked my professor to check team settings already and they are all good

Is there anything else that might explain why I can’t download boards besides these common causes that Google gave me? This is an SOS!

Best answer by Robert Johnson

​@azhao2miro The board owner will need to adjust the board content copy permissions (they are likely set so that just the board owner or team members can download/copy content).

Here are the steps for the board owner:

 

And then:

 

More on the setting here:

https://help.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018350399-How-to-allow-or-restrict-copying-and-exporting-boards-and-content#h_01KFJH39A7AZHZHZE63B40CMX9

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  • January 28, 2026

​@azhao2miro The board owner will need to adjust the board content copy permissions (they are likely set so that just the board owner or team members can download/copy content).

Here are the steps for the board owner:

 

And then:

 

More on the setting here:

https://help.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018350399-How-to-allow-or-restrict-copying-and-exporting-boards-and-content#h_01KFJH39A7AZHZHZE63B40CMX9

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