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We are experiencing this too and have discovered a few things, with no solution.
Members typically are assigned "Edit" site permissions (I assume). At first, this role had the "Anyone with a link can..." option available. However, we do not want our Members to be able to have the ability to delete, for example. I modified the "Edit" permission level by unchecking "Delete Items" and when I did, the "Anyone with a link can..." option for Members became grayed out. After trial and error I determined that, for whatever reason, ALL boxes under "List Permissions" have to be checked or "Anyone with a link can..." will not be available.
I'm attempting to figure out a solution to this and joined this group moments ago to ask this community for help. Maybe our issue is the same?
If you happen to have found a solution, I'd be grateful to learn what it was.
Thank you!
Hey there, I have experienced the same thing you bring up here. To resolve this you need to remove the Limited-Access User Permission Lockdown Mode.
- Go to Your site collection >> Click on Settings Gear >> Click on “Site Information” >> Click on the “View All Site Information” link.
- Under the site settings page, click on “Site Collection Features”.
- Click on the “Deactivate” button next to the “Limited-access user permission lockdown mode” feature and confirm the prompt on the next page.
More info here:
https://www.sharepointdiary.com/2019/03/sharepoint-online-anyone-with-link-greyed-out.html