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Hi I am trying to setup a SharePoint site allowing visitors to upload docs but not being able to change web parts or "edit page". Can this be done? I was told to add them as Visitors and grant permissions at document library level but that only works for a document is what I am finding. THANKS!

Answer 1

Hi @William Watts
You could grant edit permission for the specific users in the document library. Then check their permission in site permission to see whether they have read permission, what's more, you need to check that in Site Page library or just home page they also must be granted only read permission.

As a result, we could only upload files but not add/edit web parts as you could see in the screenshot it is blank in the top right corner ( in common there is a button for edit) :

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Answer 2

Hi @William Watts
Commonly after you grant unique permissions at document library level, you could upload documents to this library without changing the permission in other levels. So I am not clear what you mentioned that "it only works for a document is what I am finding".

Here is an official article to teach how to custom permission for a list/library, you could check if there is something wrong.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/customize-permissions-for-a-sharepoint-list-or-library-02d770f3-59eb-4910-a608-5f84cc297782#:~:text=On%20the%20permissions%20page%20for,Click%20OK.

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Answer 3

You either create a new permission group or edit an existing one and only assign "Add Items - Add items in lists, and document libraries only."