Can't change Site Owner.

Tommy Pool 1 Reputation point
2022-07-01T09:47:33.777+00:00

I have a sharepoint site created by someone who is no longer at the company - this person is the site owner and I can't figure out how to change that.

It's a communication site and it is not 365 group connected - if that has any part to play in my hindrance..

Any suggestions would be massively appreciated.

Many thanks,
Tommy.

Microsoft 365 and Office | SharePoint Server | For business
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  1. Mike Cantin 156 Reputation points
    2022-07-01T15:08:18.79+00:00

    If you are a SharePoint admin or Global admin of your Microsoft 365 tenant:

    You can go to SharePoint admin center > Sites > Active sites > Select the site you would like to add/change as an admin > Under Permissions tab you can change admins by Manage to remove the other admin users.

    Note: Sometimes it may take a while to take effect after you remove the user as site admins before the user can access.

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  2. Emily Du-MSFT 51,846 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
    2022-07-04T10:04:04.36+00:00

    @Tommy Pool

    Agree with mikecantin.

    And you could change site owner by PowerShell.

    $AdminCenterURL = "https://tenant-admin.sharepoint.com"  
    $SiteCollURL="https://tenant.sharepoint.com/Sites/emilytest"  
    $SiteOwner = "******@tenant.com"  
        
    Connect-SPOService -url $AdminCenterURL -Credential (Get-Credential)  
        
    Set-SPOSite -Identity $SiteCollURL -Owner $SiteOwner -NoWait  
    

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