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Stop folder permissions inheritance

This activity stops inheriting permission from parent for specified folder.

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Stop inheriting permissions on this folder in current list.

Stop folder permissions inheritance activity in the Virto SharePoint permissions workflow

Parameters

Input parameters

Parameter	Description	Example
this folder	Folder path inside selected list/document library	Folder 001; Top Folder/Sub folder 1/sub folder2
current list	Name or Url of chosen list. If the value field is empty,current list will be used.	Tasks; [%Workflow Context:List Name%] /Lists/ Tasks
siteUrl	The URL of a source SharePoint site. If the valuefield is empty, current site will be used.	https://contoso/SiteUrl; https://contoso/Sites/SiteUrl; [%Workflow Context:Current Site URL%]/subSite

Example

Example workflow stopping permission inheritance on a folder with the folder path set

Updated on August 12, 2026

Stop folder permissions inheritance

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