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An_admin_123
Apr 21, 2023Copper Contributor
SharePoint permissions and inheritance make no sense
If I have a site contoso.sharepoint.com/ and I don't want users to have access but I do want them to have access to contoso.sharepoint.com/subsite/ how am I supposed to make it work? I have tried...
An_admin_123
Apr 25, 2023Copper Contributor
I'm confused. If I remove their permissions from the parent they disappear from the subsite too. It's like I can't have one without the other.
ganeshsanap
Apr 25, 2023MVP
An_admin_123 Are you sure you are using unique permissions / groups for your subsite? I think you are using same groups for granting permissions on site collection as well as subsites. It is better to use separate groups for granting permissions on site collection & subsites.
There is a option to use unique permissions and groups for subsite instead of inheriting it from parent site (site collection). Go to sub site permissions page using URL like:
https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/siteName/subsiteName/_layouts/15/user.aspx
Then select Stop Inheriting Permissions option like:
Click OK button from alert popup and it will ask you to create set up new groups for your site. You can use Create a new group option against all three group options visitors/members/owners. SharePoint will create 3 new groups specific to your subsite.
Then you can remove permissions for older site collection groups from subsite and use these new groups specific to subsite for granting permissions on subsite.
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