SharePoint Online - Add or Remove Site Owners, Members or Visitors

OVERVIEW

This article describes how to add or remove site owners, members or visitors on SharePoint Online sites.

 

ADD SITE OWNERS, MEMBERS OR VISITORS

To add a site owner, member or visitor to your site:

Note: Site owners should take advantage of membership automation by using SFU Groups. This automation simplifies the maintenance of access management. For more information, visit SharePoint Online - Automating Membership with SFU Groups.

 

  1. On your SharePoint Online site, select Site Access near the top-right corner.

     
  2. Enter the name or SFU Email, SFUComputingID@sfu.ca, to add as a site owner, member or visitor.

     
  3. Select the user that you're looking to add. Repeat Step 2 and 3 to add multiple users.

     
  4. By default, users will be given Read permissions, or site visitor permissions. If you wish to change this, select Read under the user's name, then select Full Control for site owner permissions or Edit for site member permissions.

     
  5. If you wish, you can include an invitation with a message. Select Share to add and apply permissions.

     
  6. Confirm that you have added site owners, members or visitors.

     
  7. Congratulations! You've added site owners, members or visitors to your site. If you have sent out invitation emails, they will receive the following to their SFU Mail:

 

REMOVE SITE OWNERS, MEMBERS OR VISITORS

To remove a site owner, member or visitor to your site:

  1. On your SharePoint Online site, select Site Access near the top-right corner.

     
  2. On the user you wish to remove, select Full Control / Edit / Read under the user's name, then select Remove.

     
  3. Confirm that the user has been removed.

     
  4. Congratulations! You've removed site owners, members or visitors to your site.

 

For a list of available resources, visit SharePoint Online - How-To Guides. For questions, see our SharePoint Online - FAQs.

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