---
title: "Menu security"
slug: "what-is-menu-security"
description: "Explains how a Menu Security Definition restricts access to menu options in Cintra iQ and how it's applied via security profiles assigned to users."
updated: 2026-06-10T11:26:20Z
published: 2026-06-10T11:26:20Z
canonical: "help.cintra.co.uk/what-is-menu-security"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Menu security

A **Menu Security Definition** is made up of one or more menu items to which you can restrict access. Once the **Menu Security Definition** is created, you can apply it to one or more **Security Profiles**, which can be assigned to a user.

> [!WARNING]
> **Important:** You must have System Administration permission in order to access this functionality. Go to Cintra iQ: System Administration Manage Security Define Security Profiles

## ![](https://cdn.document360.io/fc2cda72-4645-4b36-96bf-60439ec11f11/Images/Documentation/204001064377.png)

## About the Menu Access Definition window

Within **Menu Access Definition**, you can perform the following:

- Enable All of the Menus
- Restrict All of the Menus

![](https://cdn.document360.io/fc2cda72-4645-4b36-96bf-60439ec11f11/Images/Documentation/204001064378.png)

| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| **Title** | Enter the title of the **Menu Security** definition. |
| **Menus Pane** | This pane contains all of the menus that are available in **Cintra iQ**. |

## Buttons

Use the following buttons to perform various tasks.

| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| **Enable All** | Click this button to make all the items in the Menus pane fully accessible. |
| **Restrict All** | Click this button to make all the items in the Menus pane read only. |
| **Expand All** | Click this button to expand the tree structure in the Menus pane |
| **Collapse All** | Click this button to collapse the tree structure in the Menus pane. |

## How do I restrict menu access?

You can create a security definition that restricts access to particular menus.

1. Navigate to the **Menu Security Definitions** window.
2. Click the **New** button. The **Create Menu Security Definition** window appears. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/fc2cda72-4645-4b36-96bf-60439ec11f11/Images/Documentation/204001064378.png)
3. Enter a **Title**.
4. Toggle on a menu item to restrict it. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/fc2cda72-4645-4b36-96bf-60439ec11f11/Images/Documentation/204001064379.png)

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** To save time, you can double click on the top level menu and this will restrict the subordinate menus as well.
5. Click the **OK** button. The definition appears in the **Menu Security Definitions** window. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/fc2cda72-4645-4b36-96bf-60439ec11f11/Images/Documentation/204001064380.png)
6. Continue [Setting Security Profiles](/iq/docs/what-are-security-profiles) **Setting Security Profiles**.