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Someone forwards your 'Anyone with the link' share. What happens to access?

The link still works, and you can't track who has access.

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  1. It works for the forwarded person, untracked ✔
  2. It stops working immediately
  3. It turns into view-only automatically

Why: Forwarding passes the link along with all its access. Because no sign-in is needed, Microsoft says you can't track who has access or who opened the shared items.

Huh, didn't know that: Microsoft notes this link type is available only if the external sharing setting is set to Anyone.

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Answer: It works for the forwarded person, untracked. Forwarding passes the link along with all its access. Because no sign-in is needed, Microsoft says you can't track who has access or who opened the shared items.

  1. Microsoft Learn: Turn external sharing on or off learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/turn-external-sharing-on-or-off
    Forwarded links work internally or externally, but you can't track who has access to shared items or who has accessed shared items.
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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