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Sensitivity labels not showing up in document library
I have created Sensitivity Labels in Microsoft Purview and they have been published. In my dev site, when I go to create a document library, the sensitivity labels that I published are not showing, but they show within Word, etc. Checked all my configurations and not seeing anything unusual.
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Can you confirm what you are not seeing?
Did you want to add a default sensitivity label to a document library Add a sensitivity label to SharePoint document library - Microsoft Support? If so, this is an advanced feature, so you need one of the A5/E5/G5 SKUs.
If you have the necessary licenses, please note that not all labels can be selected. Here are the limitations
- Let users assign permissions when they apply the label and the checkbox In Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, prompt users to specify permissions is selected. This setting is sometimes referred to as "user-defined permissions".
- User access to content expires is set to a value other than Never.
- Double Key Encryption is selected.
See Configure a default sensitivity label for a SharePoint document library | Microsoft Learn
If you cannot add a sensitivity label to a file in a Document Library, then check that you have enabled the functionality Enable sensitivity labels for files in SharePoint and OneDrive | Microsoft Learn
If you do not see the sensitivity label in the library view, then this is hidden by default. Select +Add column, then Show or hide columns and then tick the Sensitivity column and finally Apply
Microsoft Purview Sensitivity Labels do not show up in SharePoint’s "Create document library" UI. Sensitivity Labels in SharePoint are applied to documents, not to libraries or folders. That’s why you won’t see them in the library creation form. Instead, you see them in document-level experiences, such as: Office on the Web (Word/Excel Online), File properties pane in SharePoint, Microsoft Teams file tab (in some configurations
