Adding and Removing Members to a Sharepoint Permissions Group

This article is intended to assist Sharepoint permissions group owners with adding and removing membership inside a Sharepoint permissions group.

Adding a member

1. Access site to be managed
2. At the site home screen, click the gear icon in the top right corner
3. Select “Site Permissions”
4. Choose the “Advanced Permission settings” option to open the permissions group site
5. Click directly on the group you would like to modify membership on
6. Click the “New” tab in the top ribbon
7. A new window will open, enter the name(s) of the individuals that are being added to the group
8. Click “Share”
9. The individuals that have been added to the groups will receive an email indicating that the site has been shared with them. They now have the access supplied, access is near instant

Removing a member

1. Access site to be managed
2. At the site home  screen, click the gear icon in the top right corner
3. Select “Site Permissions”
4. Choose the “Advanced Permission settings” option to open the permissions group site
5. Click directly on the group you would like to modify membership on
6. Select the member(s) to be removed by clicking the check box to the left of the members name
7. Click the "Actions" tab in the ribbon located above the membership list
8. From the dropdown click the "Remove member" option
9. The members will now be removed from the list and access will be revoked immediately