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Audience Targeting search exlusion
Hi, we have switched on the audience targeting. Now we want to exlude search results for users where theirs gruop is not included in audience column in folder, for example if i make a new called "N...
buszi99 How much time you waited after applying audience target? You may need to wait for some time after applying audience targeting - try after 24 or 48 hours for safer side.
If you've selected an audience group that you recently created or changed, it may take some time to see targeting applied for that group.
Related read: Audience Targeting for Quick Links Web Part in SharePoint Online
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I set audience targeting group for one of sites a long time ago and still appears for users that it shouldn't
buszi99 To clarify, Audience Targeting is not the same as security. It is not respected by search overall but is respected if you use a search-based web part (like News with more than one site selected and Highlighted Content and the Viva Connections feed) AND you also enable the toggle for Audience Targeting. If a user searches for content that has been targeted with an Audience they WILL find it - and that is by design. If you don't want content to be visible in search, you need to secure the content itself. When you apply an audience to content, people who are not in the audience can find the content via search (if they enter a query where the content is applicable) or browsing in Site Contents.
HI SusanHanley
Thanks for the corrections. yes, audience targeting and security are different things!
