🍄Protection

// 1. get range A1:B10, 
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
var range = ss.getRange('A1:B10');

// 2. protect range
var protection = range.protect().setDescription('Sample protected range');

// 3. ensure current user is editor before removing. 
//    (Otherwise, if the user's edit permission comes from a group, 
//     the script throws an exception upon removing the group.)
var me = Session.getEffectiveUser();
protection.addEditor(me);

// 4. then remove all other users from the list of editors.
protection.removeEditors(protection.getEditors());

if (protection.canDomainEdit()) {
  protection.setDomainEdit(false);
}

// Protect the active sheet, then remove all other users (from edit)
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var protection = sheet.protect().setDescription('Sample protected sheet');

// Ensure the current user is an editor before removing others. 
// Otherwise, if the user's edit permission comes from a group, 
// the script throws an exception upon removing the group.
var me = Session.getEffectiveUser();
protection.addEditor(me);
protection.removeEditors(protection.getEditors());

if (protection.canDomainEdit()) {
  protection.setDomainEdit(false);
}

// --------------------------------------
//     protect sheet, unprotect range
// --------------------------------------

var protection = sheet.protect();
protection.setUnprotectedRanges([ranges]);

// Remove all range protections in the spreadsheet 
// that the user has permission to edit.
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
var protections = ss.getProtections(SpreadsheetApp.ProtectionType.RANGE);

for (var i = 0; i < protections.length; i++) {
  var protection = protections[i];
  if (protection.canEdit()) { protection.remove() }
}

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