How do I enable storage scopes?

newbie24689

Documentation about scopes is quite enticing:
https://grapheneos.org/usage#storage-access
"...GrapheneOS provides the Storage Scopes feature as a fully compatible alternative to the standard Android storage permissions. Storage Scopes can be enabled only if the app doesn't have any storage permission. Enabling Storage Scopes makes the app assume that is has all of storage permissions that were requested by it, despite not actually having any of them.

This means that the app can't see any of the files that were created by other apps. The app is still allowed to create files and directories, same as any other modern app that doesn't have any storage access permission...."

But I can find no way to "enable storage scopes". Help, please.

GrapheneOS

newbie24689 Storage Scopes is an alternative to granting storage permissions. If the app doesn't ask for storage permissions, it's not relevant. It's a way to make the app think it has storage permissions and work properly without giving it access to files from other apps in shared storage. Enabling storage scopes doesn't reduce access unless you had storage permissions granted already. It's not a restriction compared to not granting anything.

mythodical

As far as I can tell, storage scopes is an app-specific setting. It can usually be enabled when an app first asks for storage permissions. You'll receive a prompt with three options (paraphrasing from memory):

Yes (Allow in settings)
No
Storage scopes

If you choose the last option, you'll be taken to the storage scopes menu, where you can add individual files or folders that you wish to grant access to for the app.

Storage scopes can also be accessed directly from the Android Settings menu for some apps. For example:

Settings > Apps > All n apps > Syncthing > Storage scopes

newbie24689

thank you for replying, mythodical and GrapheneOS
I've not seen any option for using it during installations, so presume my few applications haven't asked for it (storage permissions).

Eirikr70

Hello Folks, I can't see storage permission in my apps settings. I tried installing a new app (Syphon). It didn't ask for any permission but when I tried to import keys from my previous Element account, it couldn't apparently couldn't reach the storage. And I seem to have no way to fix that. Did I mess something up ?