<h2>Restrict access to a quick link</h2><br/><div style="overflow-x:auto"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><head><meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright 2026" /><meta name="DC.rights.owner" content="(C) Copyright 2026" /><meta name="generator" content="DITA-OT" /><meta name="DC.type" content="task" /><meta name="DC.title" content="Restrict access to a quick link" /><meta name="abstract" content="Restrict access to quick links by setting the user criteria, which allows access only to specific users, groups, roles, and more." /><meta name="description" content="Restrict access to quick links by setting the user criteria, which allows access only to specific users, groups, roles, and more." /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../product/employee-center/task/create-quick-links.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../product/employee-service-management/concept/employee-service-management-overview.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../product/employee-center/concept/ec-and-ecpro-landing-page.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../product/employee-center/concept/employee-center-landing-page.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../product/employee-center/concept/setup-emp-center.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../product/employee-center/concept/setup-browse-experience.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../product/employee-center/concept/emp-center-quick-link-config.html" /><meta name="DC.date.created" content="2023-08-03" /><meta name="DC.date.modified" content="2026-03-12" /><meta name="DC.format" content="XHTML" /><meta name="DC.identifier" content="restrict-access-to-quick-links" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../CSS/commonltr.css" /><title>Restrict access to a quick link</title></head><body id="restrict-access-to-quick-links"> <div class="breadcrumb"><a class="link" href="https://servicenow.com/docs/bundle/australia-employee-service-management/page/product/employee-service-management/concept/employee-service-management-overview.html" title="ServiceNow Employee Service Management transforms how employees interact with the organization by delivering a unified, personalized, and proactive service experience across HR, Growth Experiences, Hiring Experiences, and other departments. 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You can create quick links, associate quick links to topics, and restrict access to quick links.">Quick links</a> > </div> <h1 class="title topictitle1" id="ariaid-title1">Restrict access to a quick link</h1> <div class="body taskbody"><p class="shortdesc">Restrict access to quick links by setting the user criteria, which allows access only to specific users, groups, roles, and more.</p> <div class="section prereq p"> <p class="p">Role required: sp_admin, taxonomy_manager or taxonomy_admin and user_criteria_admin</p> </div> <ol class="ol steps"><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Do one of the following:</span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <ul class="ul" id="restrict-access-to-quick-links__ul_znn_rm3_5qb"><li class="li">(If you have the sp_admin role) Navigate to <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">Employee Center</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">Quick Links</span></span>.</li><li class="li">Navigate to <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">Content Taxonomy</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">Quick Links</span></span>.</li></ul> </div> <div class="itemgroup stepresult">The Quick Link module displays the list of existing quick links.</div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Click a quick link that you want to restrict access to.</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Click the <span class="ph uicontrol">Available For</span> tab.</span> <table border="1" frame="hsides" rules="rows" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" class="simpletable choicetable choicetableborder" id="restrict-access-to-quick-links__choicetable_ght_h1l_mqb"><colgroup><col style="width:50%" /><col style="width:50%" /><table><thead><tr class="sthead chhead"><th class="stentry choptionhd" style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:left;" id="d787170e94-option">To</th><th class="stentry chdeschd" style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:left;" id="d787170e94-desc">Do this</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="strow chrow"><th style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d787170e94-option" id="d787170e107" class="stentry choption">Add a new user criteria </th><td style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d787170e94-desc d787170e107" class="stentry chdesc"> <div class="p"><ol class="ol" type="a" id="restrict-access-to-quick-links__ol_kjf_l1l_mqb"><li class="li">Click <span class="ph uicontrol">New</span>.</li><li class="li">On the form, fill in the fields. For more information about the form fields and descriptions, see <a class="xref" href="https://servicenow.com/docs/bundle/australia-employee-service-management/page/product/employee-center/reference/ec-user-criteria-form.html" title="Add a user criteria record to decide which users, roles, and groups can access a quick link.">User Criteria form</a></li><li class="li">Click <span class="ph uicontrol">Submit</span>.</li></ol> </div> </td></tr><tr class="strow chrow"><th style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d787170e94-option" id="d787170e141" class="stentry choption">Edit an existing user criteria</th><td style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d787170e94-desc d787170e141" class="stentry chdesc"> <div class="p"><ol class="ol" type="a" id="restrict-access-to-quick-links__ol_dbr_l1l_mqb"><li class="li">Click <span class="ph uicontrol">Edit</span>.</li><li class="li">On the Edit Members form, select the required roles, users, and groups from the Collection column and move them to the Available For List column by clicking the right arrow icon (<img class="image icon" id="restrict-access-to-quick-links__image_zr1_fnq_jrb" src="../images/right-arrow-icon.png" alt="Right arrow icon." />).</li><li class="li">Click <span class="ph uicontrol">Save</span>.</li></ol> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table></colgroup></table><div class="related-links"> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent Topic:</strong> <a class="link" href="https://servicenow.com/docs/bundle/australia-employee-service-management/page/product/employee-center/task/create-quick-links.html" title="You can create quick links using the quick links module in the Employee Center for accessing internal and external resources, such as knowledge bases, catalog items, pages, and links.">Create a quick link</a></div> </div> </div></li></ol></div></body></html></div>