SharePoint Online - Default Link Type

Question

I updated the "Default Link Type" to "Direct"(Specific People) both at Tenant level and site level.

At Tenant level, I updated using the URL: https://Tenant-admin.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/online/ExternalSharing.aspx

At site level, I updated using the PS Script : Set-SPOsite -Identity SiteURL -DefaultSharingLinkType Direct

But still when I go to a document library in that site --> select any document --> clicked on "copy Link" ,it shows "People with existing access" as the default value instead of "Specific People"

How to fix this?

Answer 1

If DefaultLinkToExistingAccess is set to TRUE, the DefaultSharingLinkType will be overriden and the default sharing link will be a People with Existing Access.

Execute the following:

Set-sposite -Identity SiteURL -DefaultLinkToExistingAccess $false