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Prevent deletion of SharePoint files
We had a situation where an end user accidentally deleted thousands for files under a SharePoint document library via OneDrive. The document library itself is accessible to everyone within the co...
- You need to create a new permission role and assign that to users. Go to the SharePoint site permissions, it's under advanced on the home page. Add a role and select just the permissions the user needs and not delete. Now go to library and change the user group permissions to that new role.
I agree but users always need to delete the files, you just need to train them also you are able to recover all the files after deletion.
You are right. I used Views to prevent users from deleting files from others. The ability to recover after deleting a file is also reassuring. Thanks.