You may notice that you are sharing files or folders that you no longer want to be seen/shared with other people. You have two options; to stop sharing with everyone. Or if you have shared a file with specific people, you may wish certain individuals to no longer have access.
Stop sharing to everyone
To stop sharing to everyone. First log into your OneDrive space where it will take you to your ‘My files’ area, from here there are two main routes to stopping your files from being shared. You can select from the left side menu ‘Shared’ that will first show you all files that are shared with you, then the alternative top view called ‘Shared by you’ shows all files you are sharing with others.
Or alternatively if you look on your files list you will notice that files will have a sharing status next to them. Locate the file that you wish to modify and you will see three vertical dots next to its name, select this to get the menu options.
On menu options for the file select ‘Manage access’.
To stop everyone being able to access your file, you will now see under ‘Manage Access’ menu a blue text button called ‘Stop sharing’. Select this button.
It will show a final pop up box where you can select ‘Stop sharing’ to confirm the change.
Stop sharing to individuals
To stop sharing to an individual rather than selecting ‘Stop sharing’ that will prevent everyone from having access. Select the down arrow next to the images of the people the file is shared with.
It will now show everyone who has been specifically shared with, where you can find the individual you want to stop sharing to and select the ‘X’ button.
Once done it will ask you to confirm the access removal, where you can select ‘Remove’ to confirm.
