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Manu2360
Nov 21, 2025Copper Contributor
Downgrading of encrypted label (User defined permission) in SPO to Desktop app
Hi I have a file stored in SharePoint that was originally labeled Restricted with user-defined encryption. When I open the word file from SharePoint using a desktop Office application and downgrade ...
Prathista Ilango
Microsoft
Nov 25, 2025Hello Manu2360,
Please refer to: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/sensitivity-labels-sharepoint-onedrive-files#support-for-labels-configured-for-user-defined-permissions
Guess the following might help in your case,
- If users need to change labels configured for user-defined permissions, make sure you've enabled co-authoring for files encrypted with sensitivity labels.
Hope this helps!
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