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Iron Contributor

Aug 15, 2018

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Understanding Limited Access

Hello, I was going through https://support.office.com/en-us/article/understanding-permission-levels-in-sharepoint-87ecbb0e-6550-491a-8826-c075e4859848. It explains Limited Access as Limited ...

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StephenRice
Aug 20, 2018
Hi Bhavpreet Bains,

As the article describes, "Limited Access" permission doesn't actually give the user the ability to see those items but is instead used under the covers to make things work (rendering the user experience, etc.) Hope that helps!

Stephen Rice

OneDrive Program Manager II

GirlFlyingkrh

Copper Contributor

May 12, 2021

Does anyone know how to tell What exactly was shared when limited access was given? We have a MS TEAMS Channel with Private security, but several owner and not all are still with the company. I would like to know WHICH File or list a specific person was given access to. I've looked in the the Access Groups and permissions, but not finding any breadcrumbs to follow. thanks in advanced!

Star_D

Iron Contributor

Oct 04, 2021

GirlFlyingkrh , Doesn't it have the banner in advanced site permissions that tells you to click to see the specific items with limited access permissions?

eg. https://contoso.sharepoint.com/teams/TeamName/_layouts/15/user.aspx
(substituting your tenant name, teams URL prefix, and team name)

xoxidein
Iron Contributor
Jun 24, 2024
Star_D This looks like it will show if they have explicit access, but not if it was shared to them. I have a number of users and groups with Limited Access.
Star_D
Iron Contributor
Mar 14, 2022
Though I wish it had a different name. Maybe something like "specific access", since it grants access to specific resources?

It would make it easier to explain to site owners using check permissions that "limited access" does NOT mean their access (or their users) has been limited.