Hi everyone! I've tried to remove the lin on the navigation bar called "Shared with us". It appears whenever it wants and disappear... I've read many posts but it looks that no one have tried or want to remove this link. Why? Help!

yeah this is certainly an example of horrible UX design by Microsoft, the "Shared with us" menu item injects itself into a random spot in the menu when you are in a document library. Not able to modify position or remove, wtf. Looks like customisation is the only path, https://blog.jussipalo.com/2019/09/problem-for-apparently-nearly-3-years.html

HiFor me, the first issue is, that it pops out in the middle of a "structured" list. That is MAJORLY poor design.The second issue is, that I have made a site suited for my teams needs, and this "shared with us" is not part of our needs, as nothing will be shared with us (in this team).I assume that "removing it from the list" would be a fairly simple task, (the functionality could still be part of the site, just no shortcut sometimes showing up).BrPalle

Still going in April 2024. Looks like the "Shared with Us" is directly linked to the document library and shows up as a view. (view=3) But the link just shows up, for me at least, as the third item on the navigation, regardless of what else I add. I can't move it, hide it, and it throws off the list. Click the wrong item? Need to let it fully load because if you accidentally opened a library... you will have to click down one link - unless you are clicking something higher. Trying to click the third item? Good luck, now it's the fourth! Why can't we just have something on the views menu or ribbon menu to show just "Shared with us" items? Like others, this is a team site that will have NOTHING EVER shared to it. The only people that would ever need anything on this team site are already part of the team. LET US CUSTOMIZE OUR OWN SITES!

Warwick Wardagreed. It's as invasive and annoying as the old "Recent" menu item that MS thought was a good idea. And the fact that it can't be configured to not show is just ridiculously poor product design.

FlissZ really pointless to bother telling Microsoft what our clients and users tell us. Since the SharePoint team knows so much better what they need than they do.

Delete the "Shared with us" link on navigation menu for modern sites

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roozzzee
Copper Contributor
Nov 15, 2021
About to end the year and guess what. Yes, it's still there.
- My_Username250
  Copper Contributor
  Jan 28, 2022
  roozzzee Still not fixed.
roberdaniel2250
Copper Contributor
Jun 03, 2021
Incredible, the horrible left bar with this annoying "shared with us" menu and the behavior of auto collapsible sublinks that can't be changed.
I hate new experience Sharepoint but it is hard to go back to classic.
Chuck_SM
Copper Contributor
Feb 17, 2021
gbartumeu Unfortunately, and also amazingly, deleting obsolete "Shared With Me" files from Office 365 still does't seem possible, as of February 2021. I had logged in OneDrive business at work with my personal account, then everything got mashed up, and cannot be fixed ever since.

It appears SharePoint to OneDrive Business, OneDrive Personal, once those are stored somewhere, you can't never get rid of them. What a horrible design the users can't programatically delete these obsolete links.

I will check with Microsoft Office Support to see if they are aware why this long-outstanding bug is outstanding over 3 years, and may people complian about it (a reason why I won't bother using much on personal stuff with OneDrive.).
Warwick Ward
Bronze Contributor
Dec 18, 2019
yeah this is certainly an example of horrible UX design by Microsoft, the "Shared with us" menu item injects itself into a random spot in the menu when you are in a document library. Not able to modify position or remove, wtf.

Looks like customisation is the only path, https://blog.jussipalo.com/2019/09/problem-for-apparently-nearly-3-years.html
- FlissZ
  Copper Contributor
  Mar 13, 2021
  Warwick Ward
  
  Agreed - and still it's there, over a year after you wrote this.
- Andrew Goodwin
  Copper Contributor
  Feb 03, 2021
  Warwick Wardagreed. It's as invasive and annoying as the old "Recent" menu item that MS thought was a good idea. And the fact that it can't be configured to not show is just ridiculously poor product design.
daguirre
Copper Contributor
Oct 28, 2019
gbartumeu Hello, If you change the List experience on library advance configuration, you can delete "Shared with us" link.
- KevinDMyGG
  Copper Contributor
  Sep 28, 2022
  where is this is the Modern SharePoint settings?
  - ganeshsanap
    MVP
    Sep 29, 2022
    KevinDMyGG Where and when do you see the "Shared with us" option?
    
    Can anyone add screenshot of it?
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- MichaelDelpach
  Copper Contributor
  Jun 25, 2020
  daguirre Unfortunately going to Classic Experience compromises the experience. There needs to be an easy way to disable/hide "Shared with us" link. There is a UserVoice request for this with over 100 votes:
  
  https://sharepoint.uservoice.com/forums/329214-sites-and-collaboration/suggestions/38209324-a-ootb-feature-should-be-available-to-hide-shared
- aperdigo
  Copper Contributor
  Oct 30, 2019
  daguirreChanging the List experience to Classic gets rid of many desirable things as well as the tedious "Shared with us" menu item

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