Customizing OneDrive Permission Levels

Overview

OneDrive includes custom permission levels to assign to users.

On the normal sharing screen, only Can Edit (Contribute) and Can View (Read) can be selected, but these advanced permissions can be found in the Advanced Settings screen from the ellipsis (...).

Custom permission levels can also be created if the default permission levels do not suit your needs.  For example, you may require a collaborator to edit and add new files to a folder, but you do not want them to delete any files.

Detail

Please use the steps below to create a custom permission level in OneDrive.

1. Click the Gear icon in the top right corner of the screen.
2. Go to OneDrive Settings.

3. Click More Settings.

4. Click Return to the old Site settings page.

5. Click on Site Permissions.

6. Click on Permission Levels.

7. Click on Add a Permission Level.

8. Name the new permission level.

9. Check off which permissions you want to have for the new permission level.

10. Click Create at the bottom of the page to save the new permission level.

11. The new permission level will now be selectable from the drop down menu when sharing to a user or editing an existing user's permissions using the Advanced Settings control (only basic permission levels Can View, Can Edit, and Can't Download are available in the default Sharing panel).