How Would a User Remove Write Permission in Linux?

How would a user remove write permissions on file for everybody except the owner in Linux?

To remove read and write permissions from foo. txt use the chmod command to take away both the read and write permissions. By typing go-rw, you are telling the system to remove read and write permissions for the group and for others from the file foo. txt.

How do I remove write permissions?

Make sure to remove all group and world permissions from files you want to keep private: chmod 700 [filename]. To remove the owner’s write permission, which would prevent you from accidentally overwriting or erasing the file, you would type chmod u-w [filename] or chmod 600[filename].