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Permission Inheritance on a new folder
Whenever I create a new folder in Sharepint, it automatically adds all groups to the permissions. Is there a way to stop this. I would like to only have the admins to start, and then add who I want...
When you add a folder through the UI, the default is to inherit permissions from the parent (folder, list, site, etc. depending on where the first unique permissions are found). There is no way to change this default behavior (however, you could set the default of the parent to just admin permissions and then adjust the folder as necessary).
If you are creating these folders programattically, there are APIs to break inheritance and then adjust the permissions and is relatively straightforward to do.
Just curious, would setting the parent folder to admin only prevent users from navigating from the top level? Otherwise, they will a direct link to the child folder to access the library/site.