Choose which models your team can use

Last updated: October 30, 2026

Decide which AI models your team can generate with, and keep models Layer adds from switching on until you have reviewed them. Use it when a studio, publisher or legal review limits which models can touch your projects.

Before you start

  • You need a role that can manage workspace settings, such as Admin.

  • This sets the models for the whole workspace, on every plan. On Enterprise, a project, a group or one member can also have its own settings. See AI controls for how the levels combine.

  • If your workspace sits under a parent workspace, it starts from the parent's settings, and anything the parent locked cannot be changed here.

Steps

  1. Open the workspace menu, choose Settings, then select Models under AI Controls. The Image tab lists every image model, each set to Inherit, On or Off. Inherit follows the workspace above this one, or Layer's default, which is on; the note under each model says which.

  2. Set New models are enabled by default to Off if you want to approve each model yourself. With it off, only models set to On can run: every model left on Inherit, and every model Layer adds later, stays off. It covers every modality, whichever tab you are on.

  3. Type a model's name in Filter models… to find it. To find a video, 3D or audio model, open its tab first.

  4. Set the model to Off, then select Save. Nothing on the page is saved until you do.

Result

Layer confirms with AI controls saved. The model leaves every model picker in the workspace, and Layer does not run generations or training on it for your team. The other models keep their settings. Child workspaces below this one follow the change as well, unless they set that model themselves.

Production tips

  • Allow-list rather than block-list. If your contract names the models you may use, set New models are enabled by default to Off, then set each model on the list to On. Everything else stays off, including models Layer adds later.

  • Check every tab. Image, Video, 3D and Audio each list their own models. To stop a whole modality, set the switch at the top of its tab (for example Image generation) to Off.

  • Lock what must hold. The lock at the end of a row keeps that value for everything below: projects, groups, members and child workspaces cannot change it. Set a value before you lock it.

  • Set where generations start. The sliders button on a model's row opens its default parameters, such as a resolution or aspect ratio your pipeline needs. Members start from those values when they pick the model.

  • Check what someone gets. Under Preview as a member, choose a member to see the models they can use across the workspace, their groups and their own settings, with the level that decided each one.

  • Tell the team before you switch a model off. Workflows and reference sets that rely on that model cannot run it while it is off.

If something goes wrong

  • Failed to save the AI controls. The change did not save. Reload the page and make it again.

  • A model you expected is missing from the list. Check the spelling in the filter and that you are on the right tab. Models past their retirement date are not listed.

  • A row says Locked by a workspace and cannot be changed. The workspace above yours locked it. Ask its admin to change or unlock it.

  • A teammate can still use a model you switched off. Their project, one of their groups or their own settings may turn it on. Use Preview as a member to see which level decides it, and lock the value here to hold it for everyone.

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