unable to remove document library owner

Question

We assigned an admin as a site owner for a particular project on a SP) site. The project was completed and we removed his SPO site ownership. However, I noticed that his account still listed as owner on different document libraries. I tried to remove it but there didn't seem to be an option either from the site portal or through the pnp.powershell module.

Any suggestions how I can remove that ownship?

Thanks

Answer 1

Hi @HK G ,

First, check the user's permission at the site level to ensure that he is no longer the site owner.

Then, remove the permissions in the library. You can try the following two methods:

1, To remove an owner from a document library in SharePoint Online, you can follow these steps:

1. Go to the document library in question.
2. Click on the gear icon in the top right corner and select "Library settings".
3. Under "Permissions and Management", click on "Permissions for this document library".
4. Find the user you want to remove as an owner and click on the checkbox next to their name.
5. Click on the "Remove User Permissions" button in the ribbon at the top of the page.

For more information, please refer to:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/customize-permissions-for-a-sharepoint-list-or-library-02d770f3-59eb-4910-a608-5f84cc297782

2, Using PowerShell:

#Config Variables
$SiteURL = "https://tenant.sharepoint.com/sites/sitename"
$ListName ="libraryname"
$UserID= "i:0#.f|membership|******@tenant.onmicrosoft.com"

 
#Connect PnP Online
Connect-PnPOnline -Url $SiteURL -Credentials (Get-Credential)
 
#Get the Context
$Context = Get-PnPContext
  
#Get the list & User objects
$List = Get-PnPList -Identity $ListName
$User = Get-PnPUser -Identity $UserID
 
#Break Permission Inheritance
Set-PnPList -Identity $ListName -BreakRoleInheritance -CopyRoleAssignments
 
#Remove User from List Permissions
$List.RoleAssignments.GetByPrincipal($User).DeleteObject()
$Context.ExecuteQuery()

For more information, please refer to:

https://www.sharepointdiary.com/2018/04/sharepoint-online-remove-user-group-from-list-permissions-using-powershell.html

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