SharePoint: How to change document library owners

Follow these steps to change document library owners. These directions review how to add or remove a user.

 

Step 1: Access your document library. Select the gear icon in the upper right-hand corner.

 

Step 2: Select Library Settings then Select More Library Settings

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Step 3: Select Permissions for this document library.

 

 

Step 4: Select the group whose ownership you want to remove. Select Remove User Permissions.

 

Step 5: To add a user, select Grant Permissions

 

Step 6: Enter the users name, select share everything in this folder, even items with unique permissions, select Share.

 

 

 

 

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SharePoint is an online content and document management tool available for students, faculty, and staff to create web sites and manage file libraries.