SharePoint Online: Restoring deleted permission groups

Question

Hi,

Someone in the group accidentally deleted various SharePoint Online site permission groups (not the permissions themselves) with its users and I was wondering if it was possible to restore them using PowerShell? Or is this something out of scope?

Answer 1

Hi @Daemetius ,

Did the user deleted the groups by clicking Remove User Permissions in the ribbon?

To restore the SharePoint groups, you first need to make sure the default groups exist. Go to <site URL>/_layouts/15/groups.aspx to make sure the deleted groups are present. When the groups are present, you have to create the associations. Go to <site URL>/_layouts/15/permsetup.aspx and select the corresponding groups in the form.

Finally, press OK to create the associations. Now the deleted SharePoint groups of the site are restored.

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Answer 2

Restoring via these steps worked nicely, however users access was not actually restored. Owners and Members still could not gain access (even after manually removing and re-adding acccess).