​@jeffwllms 

You cannot remove the ability to sign from any Docusign user, as all users always have the ability to sign documents if they receive an envelope. Anyone can receive and sign documents via Docusign, even without a user account. This applies to both internal and external documents sent to their email address, similar to receiving documents by mail that they could sign upon receipt.

When sending envelopes, you can define who is allowed to sign the documents and ensure that the same person always signs. You can also set up a template with pre-filled details for that signer, if you want to.

Wow, this seems like a huge miss for an organization.  Not all our employees are allowed to sign contracts. In fact we only have a single signer. But we have other employees who send contracts. It would seem to be more useful to have permissions on ability to sign then the current ability to send an envelope.

Thanks,

​@jeffwllms 

If your employees are not allowed to sign on paper, they shouldn’t sign anything electronically either. There is no difference between the two, and everyone is capable of signing something on paper today.

When preparing documents for electronic signature, assign the designated signer within your organisation who is authorised to sign the document. Similarly, your contractual partners should be informed about who will be receiving the document for signature. However, the recipient may also designate someone else to sign the documents instead, if the sender did not address it to your designated signer.

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