Stop Sharing an item in 365

Owned by Dan Jakubiak
Jan 20, 2025
2 min read

Students, faculty, and staff can follow this guide to remove all users' access to a file or folder in OneDrive.

Follow this guide when you have shared an item in either OneDrive or SharePoint with many users or have use multiple sharing methods and wish to remove all access to the item.

You can instead “Manage Access” to an item if you wish to remove some of the access to the item: Manage Access to Shared Items in 365

  1. Navigate to s.uconn.edu/onedrive or s.uconn.edu/sharepoint to view your files.

  2. Find the file or folder that wish to remove all access from and right-click on it. You may also click on the elipsis.

  3. Click on Manage Access.

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  4. Click on the ellipsis at the top of this popup window then click on Advanced settings.

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  5. In this new window, click on Delete unique permissions in the top-left corner.

  6. Close this browser tab to return to your previous one. Refresh the page to see your changes.

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