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spo file roleinheritance break

Breaks inheritance of a file. Keeping existing permissions is the default behavior.

Usage​

m365 spo file roleinheritance break [options]

Options​

-u, --webUrl <webUrl>

URL of the site where the file is located.

--fileUrl [fileUrl]

The server- or site-relative decoded URL of the file. Specify either fileUrl or fileId but not both.

-i, --fileId [fileId]

The UniqueId (GUID) of the file. Specify either fileUrl or fileId but not both.

-c, --clearExistingPermissions

Clear all existing permissions from the file.

-f, --force

Don't prompt for confirmation.

-h, --help [help]

Output usage information. Optionally, specify which section of command's help you want to see. Allowed values are options, examples, remarks, response, full. Default is options.

--query [query]

JMESPath query string. See http://jmespath.org/ for more information and examples.

-o, --output [output]

Output type. json, text, csv, md, none. Default json.

--verbose

Runs command with verbose logging.

--debug

Runs command with debug logging.

Examples​

Break the inheritance of a file with a specific id (UniqueId).

m365 spo file roleinheritance break --webUrl "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/project-x" --fileId "b2307a39-e878-458b-bc90-03bc578531d6"

Break the inheritance of a file with a specific id (UniqueId) and clear all existing permissions.

m365 spo file roleinheritance break --webUrl "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/project-x" --fileId "b2307a39-e878-458b-bc90-03bc578531d6" --clearExistingPermissions

Break the inheritance of a file with a specific server-relative URL.

m365 spo file roleinheritance break --webUrl "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/project-x" --fileUrl "/sites/project-x/documents/Test1.docx"

Break the inheritance of a file with a specific server-relative URL and clear all existing permissions.

m365 spo file roleinheritance break --webUrl "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/project-x" --fileUrl "/sites/project-x/documents/Test1.docx" --clearExistingPermissions

Response​

The command won't return a response on success.

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