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Eric Adler
Steel Contributor
Aug 10, 2016
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Getting Link to a Document with Modern Document Libraries

With the new "modern" document libraries UI it seems almost impossible to get a "normal" link. Meaning a link that is does not contain "guesttoken" and a GUID. But an old school URL with a readable p...
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  • Bernd Verhofstadt's avatar
    Bernd Verhofstadt
    Sep 09, 2016

    There is a way to disable the 'Edit' and 'View' link feature. The only link that appears then is the restricted link.

    Go to site settings -> Site permissions -> Access Request Settings -> Disable Allow members to share the site and individual files and folders.

    This would prevent the breaking of permission.

Pieter Veenstra's avatar
Pieter Veenstra
MVP
Aug 25, 2016

It seems to be quite a hassle to send a link to a document. One way I found that is slightly easier is to open the document that you want to share. Then copy the Url from your browser:

 

https://mytenant.sharepoint.com/sites/test/_layouts/15/WopiFrame.aspx?sourcedoc=%7B47F1053D-7C09-4F11-BA37-82BA582DA04D%7D&file=Document.docx&action=default&IsList=1&ListId=%7B28BF7AFE-D452-4991-A19D-6F53B00C8D6A%7D&ListItemId=3

 

You will end up with a bit of an uggly Url but you could display it like this:

My document

 

Another way is to Sync the Library first. Then within your Onedrive for Business find the file and right click -> OneDrive for Business -> Copy Link. this now results is a decent url and a quick way to share my document:

 

https://mytenant.sharepoint.com/sites/test/Shared%20Documents/Document.docx?web=1

 

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