Change a Group's Privacy Setting
- Eric Eason
- Joey Savignano
When you create a Group for Teams or SharePoint, the privacy setting can be set to Private or Public. In almost all cases, it should be left at the default of Private.
A Public privacy setting means the Team or SharePoint site is accessible to anyone in the Seattle University. If there is any doubt, it should be Private.
If a Team or SharePoint site is Public:
All files are accessible to everyone.
Files will appear in everyone’s search results.
Anyone can join the Team or SharePoint site.
How to view the current setting:
SharePoint puts the privacy setting on every page. If you main interface is Teams, you can view the SharePoint page from the Team by clicking the … in the upper-right and choosing Open in SharePoint:
Once at the SharePoint site, the privacy is in the header of every page:
How to change the privacy setting:
Navigate to the SharePoint site, using the step above if you are currently in Teams.
Click the Gear Icon, then Site information.
Use the Privacy settings drop-down menu, then click Save.
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