Stop users from seeing documents not created/uploaded by themselves

Question

Hi All,

Is it possible to stop users from see any documents on a SharePoint site that they have not created/uploaded themselves but be able to upload/create documents on the site? Can this be done in site permissions?

We want to limit what a certain user can see on one of our SharePoint sites. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Cathal

Answer 1

Hi @Cathal Condon ,

Per my test, this requirement can be directly realized in the list, you can go to the list settings> Advanced settings>Read Access:

As far as I know, there is no such setting in the Document library. If you have the edit permission, you can set who can view or edit the Item through Manage Access. However, this method may not be very convenient if there are many files, and it may also affect Performance.


Another way is : Enable Draft Item Security.
If you enable Content Approval on the library, you have the option of limiting draft visibility to only approvers and the item author. However, as soon as a document is published for all to see, the library's permissions will apply as normal.
Here is an official document you can have a look:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/require-approval-of-items-in-a-list-or-library-cd0761c4-8c3f-4ea2-9435-13c28aa23d08

In your case, maybe you can do not give this user permission in this site, create a separate library, share with the user and then give him unique permissions in this library. If you need to synchronize files to other libraries, you can use flow or manually transfer.

Similar post for your reference:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/azure/en-US/089f997a-e4fa-43ab-9ba0-a983b80940d6/how-can-we-force-a-user-to-only-edit-the-document-that-he-has-submitted?forum=sharepointgeneralprevious

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Answer 2

hi please find the link

https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/9308868?hl=en

hope you will fix the issue if issue resolve please accept answer