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Brent Ellis
Jan 26, 2017Silver Contributor
"Shared with Us" link in Modern SharePoint Menu (behavior)?
Can anyone explain the behavior of the "Shared With Us" link in the left menu of the modern sharepoint sites? Specifically dealing with a Group-connected site at the moment.
But the link keeps appearing sometimes, disappearing sometimes, it causes "subbullets" under the Documents to become subbullets under the "Shared With Us".
- Simon_TRCopper ContributorThe solution that worked for me to remove "Shared with Us":
Site Settings > Site collection features > Enable: SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure
Site Settings > Manage Site Features > Enable: SharePoint Server Publishing
Site Settings > Navigation Elements > Disable: Enable Quick Launch
After some page refreshing the "Shared with Us" menu item has disappeared.
I hope this helps others.- PalleJensenCopper Contributor
- CoryClementsCopper Contributor
Simon_TR's solution worked for me. Thanks!
- Cloud-PiaBrass ContributorMicrosoft - Please don't listen to the uptight admins. Keep this. It's good for role based security and cross organizational collaboration. They just don't get it yet.
- Chad KealeyCopper ContributorI personally think the only problem with it is that it doesn't work. At least, not consistently. I've seen some cases where it works as expected, but it seems every time I *want* or *need* it to work, it just doesn't. As in, things shared with the group don't appear there all the time.
- shuacesBrass ContributorI've been very frustrated by this problem. Right now, September of 2023, it is the MOST VOTED problem and yet Microsoft seems like they are ignoring it. They have responded to feedbacks with fewer votes.
https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/7de75409-9ef7-ec11-a81b-000d3a00c008- FlissZBrass Contributor
shuacesThis has been rumbling on since around 2017 and, as you said, Microsoft are ignoring it. It's like sometimes they decide an idea is so brilliant and are determined to push it until everyone gives in.
Microsoft, I have never used Shared with us and I can see no future use for it. Sure, leave it there but MAKE IT EASY TO SWITCH OFF / HIDE / GET RID OF. Take the hint, techies hate it and it confuses users.
- Adam0806Copper Contributor
Hi Brent Ellis ,
I am no SharePoint wiz by any stretch of the imagination and am all self taught.
However, I just stumbled across on a solution which may not suit everyone.
On the Home page site select the settings cog and scroll down to "Change the look"
Change from Vertical view to Horizontal - You won't see the "Shared with Us" now in the left bowling alley.
Hope this solves the issue for some people.
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- ainsophicalCopper Contributor
Adam0806 Thanks but this is not a solution for people with very large menus or titles.
- KevinDMyGGCopper Contributor
Adam0806 This is an ok solution for developers who have the decision making power to do this however my manager wants vertical layout. Thanks tough
- Chad_V_KealeySteel ContributorI get all of your frustrations over this, but the assertion that it's a (universally) "USELESS" feature is not objectively true. It may be useless for you or your users, but there are absolutely valid use cases for it. As an example, I work at a large university and occasionally help out with the team that handles mass-mailings to the university community. The folks requesting those mailings often share files with the team (the contents of the message, attachments to include, recipient lists, etc.). Since it's a "Team" the group mailbox (where that share notification and corresponding link are sent) is not readily available/convenient to get to. Therefore, having a single URL to that "Shared with us" view makes it really easy* for the members of that team to access those files.
*My personal frustration with this "feature" is not its mere existence, but rather the inconsistency of it. That is, sometimes it works as expected and shows the files/folders that have been shared with the team, but sometimes it shows nothing at all. Or, shows some files, but not newly/recently shared files. In other words, I'm more annoyed by the fact that it doesn't work all the time.
That being said, I totally understand that in many organizations, you might not want it to appear. I think the most balanced way to achieve that is to have a setting (in the SharePoint site settings for each group-connected site or in the Group settings page) where an owner can toggle it off (e.g.: a checkbox labeled "Show Shared with us link in Quick launch")- M_K_AdamsCopper Contributor
Yes Chad, that's clearly a balanced approach and would satisfy my issues. I imagine it would satisfy most people who post on this problem. A site level setting for hiding or showing this link would be great.
Thanks for your input. I hope someone out there at Microsoft will eventually listen.
Microsoft To Do list:
- Make "Shared with Us" available only if required (toggle for Quick Launch)
- If it is available, please let it be moved to a desired position in the navigation.
- Fix the functionality as per Chad_V_Kealey's post
Thanks 🙂
- PalleJensenCopper Contributor
The uservoice links listed before no longer works, BUT you can vote for a fix at Microsofts new user feedback site.
https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/search/?q=%22shared+with+us%22
The reason I shared a search instead of a specific post, is that there are multiple posts regarding the same issue. Make sure to upvote so we hopefully can have a fix before SharePoint reach end-of-life 😉
- CEStar321Iron Contributor
Brent Ellis I need help in removing the "Shared with us" link from a SharePoint site. It doesn't show up on the home page, but shows up randomly when you go into a document library. It messes up the side menu as it shows up in position three in the menu. This is very annoying and confuses a lot of are users.
THIS CHANGE HAS BEEN REQUESTED SINCE IT FIRST CAME OUT 7 YEARS AGO. FOR CRYING OUT ALOUD MICROSOFT JUST ADD AN ON/OFF BUTTON FOR THE SHAREPOINT ADMINISTRATOR SO THEY CAN TURN OFF THIS USLESS FEATURE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - misoprisCopper Contributor
Brent Ellis Seriously Microsoft? 3 years and no fix to a simple problem like this.
- M_K_AdamsCopper Contributor
misopris - totally agree.
The fact that this useless link is even there is grating (annoying).
There needs to be some serious consideration given to the design decisions approving this "no sense" and useless link.
I am trying to design useful and productive business applications that are not based on community sharing, and this does not help.
- Ade TijaniCopper Contributor
Just responding to your original post of three years as I came across the same issue. Until Microsoft provides a solution to remove Shared with Us link, you might or might not be aware of removing "Quick Launch". I've worked around the issue by removing Quick Launch altogether via Settings/Site settings/Navigational Elements and unchecking "Quick Launch" check box. The kicker here is, you lose the ability to navigate to various sections from left navigation. It's a price to pay if you don't understand the behavior of Shared with Us and it's getting on your nerves.
I created temporary navigational links on my Home page using Quick Links, Button and Call to action Web Parts. Unfortunately web parts can't be applied on document libraries so you are stuck with using the browser back button or site logo to navigate back. Just another option if it is an option. Brent Ellis
- CEStar321Iron Contributor
Microsoft please wake up and give the SPO Administrators a way to hide the useless "Share with me" menu link. It is in the wrong location in the menu and no one in our company uses it
- FlissZBrass ContributorAgreed. I've been going around in circles trying to remove it from the left-hand-side navigation panel (or are they still calling it the 'Quick Launch'. It is now March 2021 and this has been rumbling on since EARLY 2017!
- LisaJo48Iron ContributorAnyone have a user voice to vote on? I'm not sure they are HEARING US. Pernille-Eskebo, @SharePoint .... somehow I don't think these things work. 🙄🤣😡
- jdewittCopper Contributor
- StephenRice
Microsoft
Hi all,
Thanks for providing feedback on this! Please submit or up-vote this over at sharepoint.uservoice.com as well as this helps us prioritize the work we do. Thanks!
Stephen Rice
Senior Program Manager, OneDrive & SharePoint
- KevinDMyGGCopper Contributor"This UserVoice instance is no longer available."
- RaMck2020Copper Contributor
Agreed, we need the ability to remove or at least hide this link.