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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-relative 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
--confirm
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 full.
--query [query]
JMESPath query string. See http://jmespath.org/ for more information and examples
-o, --output [output]
Output type. json,text,csv,md. 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