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AndrewX
Iron Contributor
Dec 18, 2017

Restore SharePoint.aspx homepage

How do we restore /_layouts/15/Sharepoint.aspx as the default home page after changing it to something else?
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jcgonzalezmartin's avatar
jcgonzalezmartin
MVP
Dec 18, 2017
Reinout is totally correct...you cannot change sharepoint.aspx as default home page for your SPO tenant
AndrewX's avatar
AndrewX
Iron Contributor
Dec 18, 2017
We currently have another page set as Home. When we type domain.sharepoint.com we are taken to our custom home page.

I want users to be taken to Sharepoint.aspx instead.
  • ReinoutSegers's avatar
    ReinoutSegers
    Copper Contributor
    Dec 19, 2017

    When users type in the domain directly (https://<domain>.sharepoint.com) they are taken to the homepage of the portal site, not SharePoint.aspx. This is the default behaviour of SharePoint Online.

     

    Unfortunately, you cannot set the homepage to SharePoint.aspx using the GUI or CSOM/PnP. To achieve something similar, you'll have to turn on scripting, built a JavaScript redirect webpart in a different page and set that as the homepage.

     

    To change the homepage of the portal site, head over to: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Change-the-home-page-on-a-SharePoint-classic-site-35A5022C-F84A-455D-985E-C691AB5DFA17 

    • Norman Young's avatar
      Norman Young
      MVP
      Mar 15, 2019

       

      Hi AndrewX,

       

      Using SharePoint Designer you can add HTML redirect code to the root site landing page to point to the SharePoint.aspx page. 

       

      I hope this helps.

       

      Norm

    • AndrewX's avatar
      AndrewX
      Iron Contributor
      Dec 19, 2017
      Yes this describes my experience..

      My problem is this then, i do not have the "SharePoint" tile in my app launcher any more.. I have a valid SharePoint subscription, as well as being a global admin and site administrator. I wonder where it has gone..
      • Anders Rask's avatar
        Anders Rask
        Copper Contributor
        Mar 15, 2019

        SharePoint tile will disappear if you have configured your tenant to hide "Sites":

         

        SharePoint admin > Settings > Show or hide options > Sites > hide

         

  • jcgonzalezmartin's avatar
    jcgonzalezmartin
    MVP
    Dec 18, 2017
    How did you manage to set a default SPO page different that the SPO landing page provided by Microsoft?
    • AndrewX's avatar
      AndrewX
      Iron Contributor
      Dec 19, 2017
      I guess what i am describing is what Reinout said, namely that when i go to https://<domain>.sharepoint.com i am taken to my portal site, where i wish i would be taken to SharePoint.aspx. If this is not possible then case closed.

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