How to give OneDrive access to another user
- Firstly, sign in to
Office 365. - Click the
app launcher and open “OneDrive.“ - Once OneDrive is open, click on the
Settings icon. - Click on “OneDrive settings.“
- Click on “More Settings“ on the left menu.
- Click on “Return to the old Site settings page.”
- Under “Users and Permissions,” click on “Site permissions.”
- Click “Grant Permissions.”
- Enter the name or email of the user who will get access.
- Click on “Show Options” and select the correct level of permissions.
- Finally, click on the “Share” button.
How to give OneDrive access to another user (administrator):
- First, go to your Admin center.
- Click on the
menu icon and select “Show all” to reveal more options. - Then select “Sharepoint” from the list of admin centers.
- In the SharePoint Admin Center, click ⋮ “More Features” in the left menu.
- Then, click the “Open” button under the “User profiles” header.
- Click the “Manage User Profiles” link in the “People” section.
- Enter the account name in the “Find profiles” box and click the “Find” button.
- Left or right click on the account name when it appears in the list.
- Then select “Manage site collection owners” from the popup menu.
- Enter the name of whoever you’re giving access to and click “OK.”
- Head back to your Admin center.
- Click the menu icon in the Admin center’s top left corner.
- Click on “Users” to reveal more options.
- Select “Active Users” from the revealed options.
- Next, click on the name of the original OneDrive account owner.
- Click the “OneDrive” tab.
- Then click “Create link to files.”