Change the Placeholder text in SharePoint Search Box
This sample script shows how to change the placeholder text in SharePoint online search box for a given (sub) site and/or for all the sites in a site collection.
Ganesh SanapSummary
This sample script shows how to change the placeholder text in SharePoint online search box for a given (sub) site and/or for all the sites in a site collection.
Scenario inspired from this blog post: SharePoint Online: How to change the placeholder text in the search box
# SharePoint site collection url
$siteUrl = "https://<tenant>.sharepoint.com/contoso"
# Connect to SharePoint Online site
Connect-PnPOnline -Url $siteUrl -Interactive
# Change the search box placeholder text for a given (sub) site
Set-PnPSearchSettings -Scope Web -SearchBoxPlaceholderText "Search Contoso Site"
# Change the search box placeholder text for all the sites in a site collection
Set-PnPSearchSettings -Scope Site -SearchBoxPlaceholderText "Search Contoso Site"
Contributors
| Author(s) |
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| Ganesh Sanap |
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