External sharing link settings

Question

Can some help me understand why there's a difference in Link Settings while sharing Document vs Folder (screenshot below) while sharing it. My goal is to share Folder with a "Anyone..." link External sharing setting at various level is

• Tenant Level ==> Anyone
• SharePoint Admin level ==> Anyone
• Site level ==> Anyone

Answer 1

Please the following steps to enable external sharing link:

1. Set the Site sharing settings

• Sign in the site as an admin
• Click Site permissions under the Settings menu
• On the Permissions panel, click the "Change how members can share" link

• On the Site sharing settings panel, select "Site owners and members can share files, folders, and the site" option

• Save

2.Set the Site external sharing settings

• Sign in the SharePoint admin center as SharePoint admin or Global admin
• Select Sites tab under the left navigation, and select Active sites

• Select the site that you want to share
• On the Site information panel, go to Policies tab and select Edit External sharing

• On the Sharing panel, select Anyone option under the External sharing section.

• Save

=======================Updated Answer==========================

For public sites you only need to set the Site external sharing settings.

• Sign in the SharePoint admin center as SharePoint admin or Global admin
• Select Sites tab under the left navigation, and select Active sites
• Select the site that you want to share

• On the Site information panel, go to Policies tab and select Edit External sharing

• On the Sharing panel, select Anyone option under the External sharing section.