You can make a basic GUI Extension for your components (there are some guides to do this) Then in the js of your extension the code that you need could be something like that: if (Tridion.UI.UserSettings.getJsonUserSettings(true).User.Data.GroupMemberships.Group) { if (Tridion.UI.UserSettings.getJsonUserSettings(true).User.Data.GroupMemberships.Group["@title"].toString().indexOf(YOUR_SECURITY_GROUP) == -1) { $display.getView().properties.controls.TabControl.disableItem(2) } }else{ $display.getView().properties.controls.TabControl.disableItem(2) } The line : > $display.getView().properties.controls.TabControl.disableItem(2) Turns the source tab (with index 2) disabled.