ARCHIVED: In my SharePoint My Site, how do I manage documents?

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Note:

The SharePoint on-premises service is being replaced by SharePoint Online, available since July 2016. For more, see ARCHIVED: About the SharePoint retirement.

  • If you are a SharePoint site owner whose site has been disabled, you can visit SharePoint Standard Farm Migration to request an extension/re-enable. SharePoint will be permanently disabled no later than June 2, 2017; most sites should have migrated to SharePoint Online by March 31, 2017. Sites scheduled to be disabled on March 31 were disabled on April 3, 2017.
  • ARCHIVED: SharePoint My Sites were permanently retired on April 3, 2017.

In general, you can use these instructions to manage documents not simply for a My Site, but for any IU SharePoint site.

To manage documents in your SharePoint My Site, click My Content.

On this page:

Personal and shared documents

By default, your My Content area contains libraries for personal documents, shared documents, and shared pictures. By default, personal documents are visible only to you; shared documents and pictures are visible to other individuals you choose.

Setting a default My Site

When you first access your My Content area, you may be asked to let Microsoft Office remember your site. If you are using your personal computer, you can safely allow this. Doing so links your Microsoft Office applications directly to your My Site for easy integration.

Adding documents

You can add items to your My Site by uploading them via your browser, or by saving them directly from a Microsoft Office application (e.g., Word). You can also ARCHIVED: map a network drive to SharePoint to drag and drop files and folders. Mac OS X users can access their SharePoint files via the ARCHIVED: Microsoft Document Connection application in Office 2011.

To upload a document via your browser:

  1. Log into your My Site, click My Content, and then select Personal Documents or Shared Documents.
  2. Click Add document, and then Browse to locate the document for uploading.
  3. Click the filename to select it, and then click OK.

To save a document to your My Site from Microsoft Word 2010 (after first setting a default My Site):

  1. In Word 2010, from the File menu, click Save and Send.
  2. Click Save to SharePoint.
  3. Under "Locations", select Personal Documents, and then click Save As.
  4. In the "Save As" window, enter a filename, and then click Save.

Adding a folder

To add a folder:

  1. From your personal or shared documents library, under "Library Tools", select Documents.
  2. In the ribbon, click New Folder.
  3. Enter a folder name, and then click Save.

Deleting documents

To delete a document:

  1. From your personal or shared document library, click the file to delete.
  2. In the ribbon, click Delete Document.
  3. When prompted to confirm, click OK.

For information on restoring deleted documents, see ARCHIVED: In Microsoft SharePoint, what is the Recycle Bin, and how do I recover deleted items?

Checking your site quota

For instructions on checking your My Site quota, see Check your storage quota in SharePoint Online

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Last modified on 2018-01-18 16:18:34.