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title: "Can Claude Desktop use separate MCP permissions for different workspaces?"  
description: "Can Claude Desktop use separate MCP permissions for different workspaces?"  
author: "Suman Tamang"  
published: 2026-10-16  
updated: 2026-10-16  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/162441/can-claude-desktop-use-separate-mcp-permissions-for-different-workspaces  
category: "MCP Integrations"  
tags: ["Claude", "Model Context Protocol", "desktop apps"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Can Claude Desktop use separate MCP permissions for different workspaces?

I use Claude Desktop for both personal experiments and work, and I’m trying to avoid giving every conversation access to the same tools. Is it possible to configure **MCP server permissions per workspace**, or are the available servers effectively shared across the app?

I’m interested in what people do to keep a work-only server, such as an internal file search, away from personal projects without constantly changing configuration by hand.


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Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/162441/can-claude-desktop-use-separate-mcp-permissions-for-different-workspaces

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