Power BI App — User Still Sees “All” Audience Even Though Assigned Only to a Specific Audience

Hi Imagauthamam,

Thank you Zanqueta for your response to the query.

 If users can still see dashboards they shouldn’t, even after configuring audiences and removing workspace access, it suggests that access is being granted from another part of the app’s security settings.

Here are a couple of things to double-check, as they may override audience-level restrictions:

App access roles (not workspace roles): If, when publishing the app, you selected “Specific individuals or groups” and added a security group or user here, they’ll see the default All view unless removed. This can provide extra visibility beyond what the audience list allows.

Direct access permissions on reports: If a report or dashboard was previously shared using “Share” → Grant direct access, that permission bypasses audience filtering and makes the item visible in the All view, which could explain why only certain dashboards are visible.

To test this:

Edit the app and go to the Audience section, selecting Audience A.

For each report, click Manage permissions.

Check if the user has Direct access to any restricted items.

If so, remove their access and re-publish the app. Once all direct access is removed, the user should only see content assigned to their audience, even though the All tab remains visible.

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Thank you.