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2 title: About the developers team
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5 The "**developers**" team is automatically created when you create an organization. By default, the developers team has read/write access to all new packages created under the organization's scope.
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7 - Members added to the organization, including the organization owner, are automatically added to the **developers** team
8 - The [`maintainers` field] in the [`package.json`] of any newly created packages under the organization scope is automatically populated with the members of the current **developers** team
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10 If you create a new package under your organization's scope and you do not want members of the **developers** team to have read/write access to that package, an owner or admin can remove the **developers** team's access to that package. For more information, see "[Managing team access to organization packages][pkg-access]".
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12 If an owner adds a new member to an organization and **does not** want that member to be on the **developers** team, an owner can remove them.
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14 <Note>
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16 **Note:** The **developers** team can no longer be removed from an organization for the following reasons:
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18 - It is the source of truth for all users, packages, and default permissions in an organization.
19 - When you want to restrict write access, it is almost always better to set the default permissions to read-only and create separate teams for managing write permissions.
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21 </Note>
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23 [pkg-access]: managing-team-access-to-org-packages
24 [create-team]: creating-teams
25 [`maintainers` field]: /files/package.json#people-fields-author-contributors
26 [`package.json`]: /files/package.json