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NTFS Folder Permissions Report

In this guide, you will learn how to scan folders and get the NTFS folder permissions.

Step 1. Open NTFS Permissions Tool

Click on “NTFS Permissions” from the Security Tool page.

open ntfs tool

Step 2. Enter folder path

Enter the local or UNC path or click browse. By default, the tool will scan all sub-folders (0). To limit how many sub-folders deep to scan enter a folder depth.

enter folder path

Step 3. Click “Run” to generate the report

The report contains the following columns.

  • DirectoryName
  • Account
  • Members = Displays the members of any groups found on the account column.
  • DirectoryOwner
  • DirectoryRights
  • Type (Allow or Deny)
  • AppliesTo
  • IsInherited

Example NTFS Folder Report

ntfs permissions report

Search and filter NTFS Permissions

Use the search box to search for users, groups, specific permissions, or anything from the results grid.

For example, I’ll search for folders that have the everyone group applied to the permissions.

filter permissions

Check User Permissions to a Folder

The report includes an account and a members column that makesd it easy to see what users have access to what folder.

filter permissions

In the above screenshot, you can see the folder new-folder-2 and the two groups that have permissions to the folder. Then in the members column it shows which users are in that group. You can scroll to the right to see what type of permissions these groups and users have.