Administering Developer Sandboxes

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title: Administering Developer Sandboxes
description: If you have permission, you can allocate and retire the sandboxes you've created in your instance.
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product: Developer Sandboxes
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topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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# Administering Developer Sandboxes

If you have permission, you can allocate and retire the sandboxes you've created in your instance.

## Configuration overview

1.  [Allocate a sandbox](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/developer-sandboxes/allocating-sandboxes.md)

    Allocate the sandboxes created to your development teams.

2.  [Requesting sandboxes](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/developer-sandboxes/dsb-requesting-sandboxes.md)

    Request a sandbox for development.

3.  [Retire a sandbox](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/developer-sandboxes/retire-sandboxes.md)

    Retire sandboxes that are outdated or to make room for new sandboxes in your instance.


-   **[Allocate a sandbox](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/developer-sandboxes/allocating-sandboxes.md)**  
Allocate sandboxes to your development teams so they can start using them for development.
-   **[Requesting sandboxes](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/developer-sandboxes/dsb-requesting-sandboxes.md)**  
Developers generally have admin rights on the non-production instance where Developer Sandboxes are allocated, and can thus allocate a sandbox to themselves.
-   **[Retire a sandbox](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/developer-sandboxes/retire-sandboxes.md)**  
Retire sandboxes that are outdated or no longer needed to make room for new Developer Sandboxes in your instance.

**Parent Topic:**[Developer Sandboxes](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/developer-sandboxes/sandboxes-landing.md)