Change the external sharing setting for a user's OneDrive

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    • Kaarin Shumate

After you set the organization-wide sharing settings for SharePoint and OneDrive, you can further restrict the external sharing for a specific OneDrive user.

Note

Instead of changing the external sharing setting for an individual user's OneDrive, you might want to block external sharing of sensitive information for all users. To learn how, see Overview of data loss prevention policies.

  1. Sign in to Office 365 as a global admin or SharePoint admin.

  2. Select the app launcher icon The app launcher icon in Office 365 in the upper-left and choose Admin to open the Microsoft 365 admin center. (If you don't see the Admin tile, you don't have Office 365 administrator permissions in your organization.)

  3. In the left pane, select Users > Active users.

  4. Select the user.

  5. Under OneDrive Settings, next to External sharing, click Edit.

  6. Select a new external sharing level, and then click Save.

Note

You can also change the external sharing setting for a specific OneDrive user by using Microsoft PowerShell and running the cmdlet Set-SPOSite with the parameter -SharingCapability. For more info, see Set-SPOSite.