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OneDrive for Business - How to find the owner of the file under Shared with me
Is there a way to find who is the owner of the file e.g. File A was shared by A with B and B shared it with C. is there a way for C to find who is the actual owner of the file? The template file was...
- There's a way around it... Just add a view with the "Created By" column on it! :)
- Go to your OneDrive settings (https://tenant-my.sharepoint.com/personal/username_domain/_layouts/15/settings.aspx)
- Site Administration / Site libraries and lists
- Click on Customize "Documents"
- On the bottom, click Create View, and select Standard
- Give it a name, and make sure to select Created By (and any other columns you want) and click OK
The link to see it would be like https://tenant-my.sharepoint.com/personal/username_domain/Documents/Forms/ViewName.aspx
If it's an Office file, you can open it in the client app, like Word on this case, and check on File / Info who the original author is - it will be inside "Properties" section.
Thanks. I was thinking more about if we have 100s of files shared with me. It seems there is no easy way to know this?
- There's a way around it... Just add a view with the "Created By" column on it! :)
- Go to your OneDrive settings (https://tenant-my.sharepoint.com/personal/username_domain/_layouts/15/settings.aspx)
- Site Administration / Site libraries and lists
- Click on Customize "Documents"
- On the bottom, click Create View, and select Standard
- Give it a name, and make sure to select Created By (and any other columns you want) and click OK
The link to see it would be like https://tenant-my.sharepoint.com/personal/username_domain/Documents/Forms/ViewName.aspx
