Windows Help and Advice - USA (2019-06)

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folderinquestion.
Click‘Manageaccess’tomake
changestoanitem’scurrentshare
settings.Fromhere,click‘x’nexttoa
linktoremoveit – thisdisablesthelink,
sothatit cannolongerbeused.You’ll
alsoseeindividualsandtheirlevelof
access– clickthe‘v’buttonnexttoa
persontochangetheirlevelofaccess
betweeneditandviewonly,otherwise
selectStopSharingtorescindtheir
accesscompletely.
Thewebbrowserisalsotheplaceto
gotoconfigureothertypesofsharing.
Forexample,selectanitemandyou’ll
seea Sharebuttonappearamongthe
listofavailableoptionsaboveit.Click
‘Share’andyou’llseeadditionaloptions
areavailabletoyou.The‘Allowediting’
optionisavailabletoallusers– untick
thistogivepeoplewhoaccessviathe
link‘read-only’accesstothefilesin
question.Thismeanstheycanview
themintheirOneDriveaccount,and
downloada copyofthefiletotheir
computer(whichtheycanedit,but
withoutaffectingyouroriginalcopy).
Theothertwooptionsarerestricted
toOffice 365 usersonly:first,youcan
setanexpirationdateforthelinksoit
stopsworkingaftera setperiod,and
secondyoucanaddpassword-
protectiontoyourshareditemsfor
additionalsecurity.Thispasswordneeds
tobecommunicatedseparatelyto

peopleyouplantosharethefolderor

filewith.

You’llalsoseeadditionaloptionsfor

sharing,withemailclearlyvisibleand

varioussocialoptionsaccessiblebehind

theMorebutton.Usesocialmedialinks

withcareasyou’renot 100 percentin

controlofwhoseesthelinks.

Setupsharedfolders

Sharingfilesandfoldersintheways

we’vementionedisconvenient,but

haphazard.Whileit’strueyoucanclick

theSharedlinkintheleft-handpaneto

getanoverviewofeverythingyou’re

currentlysharing,a betterwayof

sharingcontentthroughOneDriveisto

creatededicatedfoldersforthetask.In

yourwebbrowser,clickFilestoreturnto

thetopoftheOneDrivefoldertree,then

clicktheNewbuttonandchooseFolder.

Giveit a suitablename,thenshareit in

theusualway– thefolderwillsyncto

thedriveofallthosewhojoinit,and

filescanbeeasilysharedsimplyby

copyingthemintothisfolderinFile

Explorer– there’snoneedtofaffabout

intheOneDrivewebinterface.

Sharefilesandfoldersthroughyourwebbrowser
toexercisemorecontroloverpermissions.

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Make the most of OneDrive

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Click ‘Shared’ to get a quick

overview of content you’ve shared –

and folders and files shared with you.