Update settings

Article
10/27/2023

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.

Update the properties of the userSettings object. Users in the same organization can have different settings based on their preference or on the organization policies. To get the user current settings, see current user settings.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
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Batch request

It's also possible to opt out multiple users from Delve through a batch request. To learn more, see JSON batching.

Important: Only members of the organization management role group can update multiple users.

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	User.ReadWrite	User.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	Not supported.	Not supported.

HTTP request

PATCH /me/settings

Request with a 'user id' or 'userPrincipalName' is only accessible by the user or by a user with the User.ReadWrite.All permissions. To learn more, see Permissions.

PATCH /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/settings/

Request headers

Header	Value
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type	application/json

Request body

In the request body, supply the values for relevant fields that should be updated. Existing properties that aren't included in the request body maintains their previous values or are recalculated based on changes to other property values. For best performance, you shouldn't include existing values that haven't changed.

Property	Type	Description
contributionToContentDiscoveryDisabled	Boolean	Set to true to disable access to documents in Office Delve for the user. This setting reflects the control state in Office Delve.

Example

Request

Here's an example request on how to opt out a user from Delve and disable the user's contribution on content relevancy for the whole organization.

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/settings
Content-type: application/json

{
  "contributionToContentDiscoveryDisabled": true
}

Response

The following example shows the response. Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "contributionToContentDiscoveryAsOrganizationDisabled": false,
  "contributionToContentDiscoveryDisabled": true
}