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When someone opens the airtable app, is their a way to make it only show the interface?

  • September 9, 2026
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Milkesa

Working on a project and was wondering if there was a way when the owner of a workspace opens up the Airtable app it opens up the interface whilst the table and automations are hidden. Thanks.

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  • September 9, 2026

I bookmarked the URL for the interface in my web browser and when I click it, it directly opens the interface designer without opening the data layer with the tables and automations and such.


Matt_Shepherd
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  • September 9, 2026

Just to clarify: do you mean when you click on an Airtable base in the workspace on the web app? If so I don’t believe this would be possible for owners.


TheTimeSavingCo
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Hm, so like prevent them from going into the Data layer completely?  If so, I don’t think so; Workspace owners have the highest tier of permissions and I don’t think you can get around that

Might want to submit this as a feature request: https://community.airtable.com/p/product-ideas


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Just to clarify: do you mean when you click on an Airtable base in the workspace on the web app? If so I don’t believe this would be possible for owners.

Correct - as an owner of an Airtable base myself, clicking on bases through the workspace does not open the interface by default every time I click.

My solution was to open my base through the workspace which leads me to the data layer, and I navigated to the interface layer and launched the interface I was interested in. After my interface opened, I saved the URL as a bookmark in my browser so I can just click that to navigate directly to the interface without having to open it through the workspace and data layer.


phoebelindo
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In workspace pages / on the homepage, if you right click on the base then go to Open > Interface Name, it opens the interface view directly. Its a few more clicks than just using a bookmark each time, but if you’re mostly accessing through the workspace its an option.