How to Share Files with Microsoft OneDrive

Below you find a step by step guide, if you prefer you can watch our How to Share Files with Microsoft OneDrive video tutorial.

To share a file or a directory you have to send a sharing invitation to the recipients.

To send the sharing invitation:

1. Select the files and directories you want to share.
2. Right-click and choose Share. The share window will be displayed with the existing permissions:



3. Click the + button to add a share permission
4. Enter one or more recipients’ emails
5. Select the role:
   edit – the recipient can edit
   view – the recipient can only view
6. You can enter a custom email message, OneDrive will include it in the invitation email. The invitation email is sent when a new permission is added or when the role of an existing permission is modified.
7. Check Requires sign-in to specify the recipient of the invitation is required to sign-in to access the shared item. OneDrive may return an error if the recipient is not an OneDrive user.
8. If you want to remove an existing permission click the – button.
9. You can change the existing permission grantee or role.
10. Click OK to apply the changes to the permissions.

You can also create a sharing link for the selected items. Anyone with the link can either view or edit the item depending on the link type:

1. Select the sharing link type:

   • view: creates a read-only link to the item
   • edit: creates a read-write link to the item

2. Click Create. The links are shown in the list below.

The video tutorial below shows how to share files with Microsoft OneDrive.

Video tutorial: How to share files with Microsoft OneDrive