File Requests in OneDrive

Published by Shubham Bansal on

File Requests in OneDrive

File requests allows you to request files from other users in your OneDrive without exposing the other files.
If you request files from 10 different people, they will get a link which will allow them to only upload the file. The user cannot see the existing files or the files uploaded by other users.
To enable this feature:


1. Enable Anyone links for OneDrive. You can enable this from SharePoint admin center. OneDrive Sharing cannot be more than SharePoint which enforces you to enable Anyone links for SharePoint.



2. Enable View, edit and upload for Anyone links.



How to use request files from users:

Open your OneDrive and select any folder and choose “Request files” button in menu



You can copy the link and send it separately to the users or send them email directly.




When the users will open the link you sent to them, they will be asked to upload the files and provide their first name and last name.



You will see the files uploaded to your OneDrive folder as below. The files will be uploaded as Guest contributor and the user’s first name and last name will prefix in the file name.



Please be careful before enabling this feature in your tenant because it is a tenant level setting. It requires you to enable anyone links for folders with edit permissions in the SharePoint. If a user shares anyone link for a folder, it will be accessible in public without needing any authentication. 

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