How to retrieve my Admin (Owner Access) on Share Point ?

Question

I wan only the admin and Owner on My share point and removed my self by mistake , how can i Retrieve my permission now ?

Answer 1

Hi @Ghadeer Yehia-Khaled, Vodafone,

Welcome to the Microsoft Q&A forum.

I would like to provide you with the following information:

If you want to add the Owner permission back to your SharePoint site, you can follow the steps below.

Note: The following steps require an account with administrator (Admin) privileges in the tenant. If you do not have admin permissions, please contact your organization’s IT department for assistance.

Steps to follow:

 

Step 1: Go to admin.microsoft.com

Step 2: Scroll down and select SharePoint

Step 3: In the SharePoint Admin Center

Step 4: Select Sites > Active sites > click the site you created

Step 5: Select Membership > Site owners > Add site owner, then add your account back

 I hope this information is helpful. Please follow these steps and let me know if it works for you. If not, we can work together to resolve this.   

Thank you for your patience and your understanding. If you have any questions or need further assistance, please feel free to share them in the comments on this post so I can continue to support you.

I look forward to continuing the conversation.

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Answer 2

Because the account no longer has owner/admin rights on the SharePoint site, permissions must be restored by someone who still has sufficient admin privileges in the tenant.

Use one of these options:

1. Ask a SharePoint or Microsoft 365 admin to re‑add admin/owner rights
   1. Contact the Microsoft 365 admin for the organization (for example, internal IT/help desk, school IT, or business owner/IT consultant). Guidance on who this is is in "How do I find my Microsoft 365 admin?".
   2. That admin should go to the SharePoint admin center → Active sites.
   3. Select the affected site.
   4. Select Membership on the command bar.
   5. In the details panel, add the account back as:
      • Site admin / Site owner (Full Control), or
      • An owner of the connected Microsoft 365 group (for group‑connected team sites).
2. If there is no other admin in the tenant
   • If the removed account was the only SharePoint/Microsoft 365 admin and now cannot manage the site or tenant, Microsoft’s Data Protection team must be involved through a support ticket raised from Microsoft 365 support (phone or another tenant), as described in the referenced Q&A items. They can verify identity and help restore admin access.

Once the account is added back as site admin/owner, full control of the SharePoint site is restored and permissions can be managed again.

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• How do I find my Microsoft 365 admin?
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