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Spidermonkey168
Jun 25, 2019Copper Contributor
External User Security: How to stop users seeing other external users
Hi Good People, I am building a Sharepoint 365 site to replicate the structure of our existing Sharepoint Foundation site. Background We upload documentation to Sharepoint for our clients to colle...
kevinmckeown8
Jun 25, 2019Iron Contributor
I haven't tried it for this scenario, but you could look into using the Restricted Read, View-only, or a custom permission level instead of the default Read permission level that is assigned to the Visitors group.
Permission levels: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/understanding-permission-levels
You might take a look into the "Browse User Information" permission setting.
Spidermonkey168
Jun 26, 2019Copper Contributor
Thank you for this, and like you I thought this would sort out my problem. But the permission level allocated to the users already has this option removed. Still they can view all users of the root directory despite whether in their own group or not.
Any further options gratefully received :-)