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title: "Allow non-Members to Manage SharePoint Folder Permissions"
canonical: "https://kb.uconn.edu/space/IKB/27986067478/Allow%20non-Members%20to%20Manage%20SharePoint%20Folder%20Permissions"
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Students, faculty, and staff can add a user to their SharePoint site as a manager of certain folders. This guide will call this person a pseudo-Owner. This person will be able to manage permissions of certain folders, but not the SharePoint site as a whole. 

> ℹ️ The instructions below are easily reversible with one button click. Visit [https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/27438153768](https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/27438153768) to undo the actions taken in this guide *and* remove <u>all</u> unique permissions of the folder.

## Add the user

1. Visit [s.uconn.edu/sharepoint](http://s.uconn.edu/sharepoint) and sign in with your email address and NetID password.
2. Click on the desired SharePoint site to open it.
3. Find the folder you with to add your pseudo-Owner to, but do not open the folder.
4. Right-click on the folder and choose **Manage access**.
5. In the popup window, click on the ellipsis in the top-right corner.  
Click on **Advanced settings**.
6. In the top-left corner, click on **Stop Inheriting Permissions**. This allows you to create unique permissions for the folder.  
Click **OK **in the warning popup.
7. Optional: Click on the checkboxes of the Members or Visitors groups, or everyone else who should not have access to the folder  
Click on **Remove User Permissions** to make the folder invisible to them.
8. Click on **Grant Permissions** to add your pseudo-Owner(s).
9. Complete the popup box:
  1. Enter their name or email address to find them in our directory.
  2. Click on **SHOW OPTIONS**
  3. You can uncheck the “Send an email invitation” if you wish.
  4. Change their permission level to “Full Control”
  5. Click **Share**.
10. Refresh the page to see your changes.
11. Repeat this process for others folders if necessary.

## **Undo the Special Permissions**

1. Follow Steps 1-5 above to visit the Advanced Settings for the folder.
2. Find the pseudo-Owner in the list and check their checkbox.
3. Click on **Remove User Permissions** to remove them from the folder.
4. Refresh the page to see your changes.

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