Projects

A project is a collection of boards within a team. Projects make it easier to organize, find, and share your boards.

Teams, projects, and boards in Miro

Available for: Starter, Education, Business, Consultant and Enterprise plans

Where to find your projects

All your projects are listed alphabetically in the left-hand navigation of your dashboard. You can click on the project name to open the project settings and see its details and participants.

Project settings

1. On the left sidebar, go to Projects
2. Click the project name
3. At the top of the project dashboard, click the project name again
4. The project settings will open

Opening a project in Miro to see its details

How to star important projects

Star your ongoing or frequently used projects for easier access. When you star a project for the first time, a new Starred projects section appears on your left sidebar. You can expand and collapse Starred projects to manage your dashboard.

To star a project, click the star icon next to the project name.

Starring a project

How to create a project 

1. On the left sidebar, go to Projects
2. Click the + Add button
3. The project dialogue box will open
4. Type the Project name
5. Click Create project 
6. You can then Add boards and Add members

Creating a new project

How to add boards to a project

1. Open the project settings
2. Click Add boards
3. Scroll or search to find and select boards to add to the project
4. Click Move boards

The option to add boards to a project in the project settings

Sharing projects

Sharing a project with a team member

Who can do it: Project owners, project co-owners, editors

To share a project with a team member, you can add them to the project. Depending on their level of collaboration, you can set their access to Can view, Can comment, or Can edit. The access you choose will apply to all boards in the project. 

Sharing a project with the whole team

Who can do it: Project owners, project co-owners

1. Open the project settings
2. Toggle on Anyone in your team can view this project

✏️ Team Admins can configure default sharing settings for new projects.

Sharing a project with the whole team

Sharing a board within a project

You can change a project member's access level via the board Share menu. For example, a project member with comment access may be invited as an Editor to a specific board in the project. The highest level of access granted will always apply, whether sharing a project, or a board within a project.

You can share a board with users outside your team or project by inviting them as a board Visitor or Guest. 

Private projects 

To make sure a project is private in Miro, do not add members, check that team access is toggled off, and adjust your team and company share settings to No access for all boards within the project. 

The highest level of access granted will always apply, whether sharing a project, or a board within a project. For example:

• if a board is located in a private project but is shared with the entire team, all team members will have access
• if a board is not shared with anyone explicitly but is stored in a project shared with the team, all team members will have access

Learn more in public vs private boards.

Adding and managing project members

✏️ Only team members can be invited as project members.

Project members can:

• access all boards within the project, including any exiting boards and any new boards either added or created
• create new boards within the project
• add existing boards to the project
• be notified of all changes for all boards within a project

How to add members to a project

Who can do it: Project owners, project co-owners, editors

1. Open the project settings
2. Click Add members
3. Scroll or search to find and select team members to add
4. You can choose to Notify members when they’ve been added to the project
5. Click Add
   

Adding members to a project

How to change user access levels

1. Open the project settings
2. Open the access level dropdown next to the user’s name
3. Choose the access level (Is co-owner, Can edit, Can comment or Can view) 

Changing a user's access level to a project

How to remove a project member

⚠️ After removing a project member they may still have access to the project via email invitations or through team, company, or public link access .

1. Open the project settings
2. Open the access level dropdown next to the user’s name
3. Choose Remove

Removing a user from a project

How to change the project owner

Who can do it: Project owner, project co-owner

✏️ When you transfer project ownership to another user, it doesn’t change the owner of individual boards within the project.

1. Open the project settings
2. Open the access level dropdown next to the user’s name
3. Choose Is owner 

Granting project owner access

How to move boards to a project

Who can do it: Project owner, project co-owner, editor

✏️ When moving a board to a project the board link does not change.

From the board information card:

1. In the top-right board header, click the board name
2. The board information card will open
3. Next to Location, click the project name (or no project)
4. From the dropdown select a project to move the board to
5. Click Move

Moving a board to a project from the board information card

From the dashboard:

1. Hover over the board you wish to move
2. Click the three dots (...) to open the board menu
3. Select Move to project
4. From the dropdown, select a project to move the board to
5. Click Move

Moving a board to a project from the board information card

How to create a new board in a project

1. On the left sidebar, go to Projects
2. Click the project name
3. Within the project dashboard, click + New board 

Creating a new board within a project

How to remove a board from a project

1. In the top-right board header, click the board name
2. The board information card will open
3. Next to Location, click the project name
4. From from the project dropdown, choose None
   

Removing a board from a project

How to leave or delete a project

Who can do it: Project owner 

✏️ Deleting a project does not delete any boards in that project.  

1. Open the project settings
2. Choose Delete project 

All other project members who are not project owners will see the option Leave project. If the project is shared with everyone in the team users will not have the option to leave or delete a project. 

After leaving or deleting a project, users will still have access to any boards within that project shared with them via email or team access.

Deleting a project

How to duplicate a project

While you cannot duplicate a project, you can duplicate boards in a project, then create a new project and move the board copies to the new project. 

⚠️ If you downgrade to Free Plan, you can no longer create a new project, or edit or delete your existing projects.

Frequently asked questions