diff --git a/src/lib/components/layout/Sidebar.svelte b/src/lib/components/layout/Sidebar.svelte
index 2f91772191..ea8ef65f12 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/layout/Sidebar.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/layout/Sidebar.svelte
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 
 	const i18n = getContext('i18n');
 
+	$: canImportChats = $user?.role === 'admin' || ($user?.permissions?.chat?.import ?? true);
+
 	import {
 		getChatList,
 		getAllTags,
@@ -372,6 +374,11 @@
 	};
 
 	const importChatHandler = async (items, pinned = false, folderId = null) => {
+		if (!canImportChats) {
+			toast.error($i18n.t('Access prohibited'));
+			return;
+		}
+
 		console.log('importChatHandler', items, pinned, folderId);
 		for (const item of items) {
 			console.log(item);
@@ -1401,6 +1408,11 @@
 								return null;
 							});
 							if (!chat && item) {
+								if (!canImportChats) {
+									toast.error($i18n.t('Access prohibited'));
+									return;
+								}
+
 								chat = await importChats(localStorage.token, [
 									{
 										chat: item.chat,
@@ -1409,9 +1421,9 @@
 										folder_id: null,
 										created_at: item?.created_at ?? null,
 										updated_at: item?.updated_at ?? null
-									}
-								]);
-							}
+										}
+									]);
+								}
 
 							if (chat) {
 								console.log(chat);
@@ -1467,6 +1479,11 @@
 												return null;
 											});
 											if (!chat && item) {
+												if (!canImportChats) {
+													toast.error($i18n.t('Access prohibited'));
+													return;
+												}
+
 												chat = await importChats(localStorage.token, [
 													{
 														chat: item.chat,
diff --git a/src/lib/components/layout/Sidebar/ChatItem.svelte b/src/lib/components/layout/Sidebar/ChatItem.svelte
index 498dffbd9f..4b60fa7c81 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/layout/Sidebar/ChatItem.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/layout/Sidebar/ChatItem.svelte
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@
 	import { toast } from 'svelte-sonner';
 	import { goto, invalidate, invalidateAll } from '$app/navigation';
 	import { onMount, getContext, createEventDispatcher, tick } from 'svelte';
-	const i18n = getContext('i18n');
-
-	const dispatch = createEventDispatcher();
-
 	import {
 		archiveChatById,
 		cloneChatById,
@@ -35,7 +31,8 @@
 		currentChatPage,
 		tags,
 		selectedFolder,
-		activeChatIds
+		activeChatIds,
+		user
 	} from '$lib/stores';
 
 	import ChatMenu from './ChatMenu.svelte';
@@ -53,6 +50,10 @@
 	import { generateTitle } from '$lib/apis';
 	import { createMessagesList } from '$lib/utils';
 
+	const i18n = getContext('i18n');
+
+	const dispatch = createEventDispatcher();
+
 	export let className = '';
 
 	export let id;
@@ -143,6 +144,11 @@
 	};
 
 	const cloneChatHandler = async (id) => {
+		if (!($user?.role === 'admin' || ($user?.permissions?.chat?.import ?? true))) {
+			toast.error($i18n.t('Access prohibited'));
+			return;
+		}
+
 		const res = await cloneChatById(
 			localStorage.token,
 			id,
diff --git a/src/lib/components/layout/Sidebar/ChatMenu.svelte b/src/lib/components/layout/Sidebar/ChatMenu.svelte
index 1bc932e430..79ea2d0db9 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/layout/Sidebar/ChatMenu.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/layout/Sidebar/ChatMenu.svelte
@@ -387,17 +387,19 @@
 				{/if}
 			</button>
 
-			<button
-				draggable="false"
-				class="flex gap-2 items-center px-3 py-1.5 text-sm cursor-pointer hover:bg-gray-50 dark:hover:bg-gray-800 rounded-xl w-full"
-				on:click={() => {
-					show = false;
-					cloneChatHandler();
-				}}
-			>
-				<DocumentDuplicate strokeWidth="1.5" />
-				<div class="flex items-center">{$i18n.t('Clone')}</div>
-			</button>
+			{#if $user?.role === 'admin' || ($user?.permissions?.chat?.import ?? true)}
+				<button
+					draggable="false"
+					class="flex gap-2 items-center px-3 py-1.5 text-sm cursor-pointer hover:bg-gray-50 dark:hover:bg-gray-800 rounded-xl w-full"
+					on:click={() => {
+						show = false;
+						cloneChatHandler();
+					}}
+				>
+					<DocumentDuplicate strokeWidth="1.5" />
+					<div class="flex items-center">{$i18n.t('Clone')}</div>
+				</button>
+			{/if}
 
 			{#if chatId && $folders.length > 0}
 				<DropdownSub
diff --git a/src/lib/components/layout/Sidebar/RecursiveFolder.svelte b/src/lib/components/layout/Sidebar/RecursiveFolder.svelte
index d2259d2578..124791c93e 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/layout/Sidebar/RecursiveFolder.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/layout/Sidebar/RecursiveFolder.svelte
@@ -161,6 +161,11 @@
 									return null;
 								});
 								if (!chat && item) {
+									if (!($user?.role === 'admin' || ($user?.permissions?.chat?.import ?? true))) {
+										toast.error($i18n.t('Access prohibited'));
+										return;
+									}
+
 									chat = await importChats(localStorage.token, [
 										{
 											chat: item.chat,
diff --git a/src/routes/s/[id]/+page.svelte b/src/routes/s/[id]/+page.svelte
index 6601c1fd16..f9498d6629 100644
--- a/src/routes/s/[id]/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/s/[id]/+page.svelte
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 	import dayjs from 'dayjs';
 
-	import { settings, chatId, WEBUI_NAME, models, config } from '$lib/stores';
+	import { settings, chatId, WEBUI_NAME, models, config, user as sessionUser } from '$lib/stores';
 	import { convertMessagesToHistory, createMessagesList } from '$lib/utils';
 
 	import { getChatByShareId, cloneSharedChatById } from '$lib/apis/chats';
@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@
 	};
 
 	const cloneSharedChat = async () => {
+		if (!($sessionUser?.role === 'admin' || ($sessionUser?.permissions?.chat?.import ?? true))) {
+			toast.error($i18n.t('Access prohibited'));
+			return;
+		}
+
 		if (!chat) return;
 
 		const res = await cloneSharedChatById(localStorage.token, chat.id).catch((error) => {
@@ -197,18 +202,20 @@
 				</div>
 			</div>
 
-			<div
-				class="absolute bottom-0 right-0 left-0 flex justify-center w-full bg-linear-to-b from-transparent to-white dark:to-gray-900"
-			>
-				<div class="pb-5">
-					<button
-						class="px-3.5 py-1.5 text-sm font-medium bg-black hover:bg-gray-900 text-white dark:bg-white dark:text-black dark:hover:bg-gray-100 transition rounded-full"
-						on:click={cloneSharedChat}
-					>
-						{$i18n.t('Clone Chat')}
-					</button>
+			{#if $sessionUser?.role === 'admin' || ($sessionUser?.permissions?.chat?.import ?? true)}
+				<div
+					class="absolute bottom-0 right-0 left-0 flex justify-center w-full bg-linear-to-b from-transparent to-white dark:to-gray-900"
+				>
+					<div class="pb-5">
+						<button
+							class="px-3.5 py-1.5 text-sm font-medium bg-black hover:bg-gray-900 text-white dark:bg-white dark:text-black dark:hover:bg-gray-100 transition rounded-full"
+							on:click={cloneSharedChat}
+						>
+							{$i18n.t('Clone Chat')}
+						</button>
+					</div>
 				</div>
-			</div>
+			{/if}
 		</div>
 	</div>
 {/if}