Stop site permissions inheritance

This activity stops inheriting permission from Parent for specified site. SharePoint Designer phrase

Stop site permissions inheritance activity in the Virto SharePoint permissions workflow

Parameters#

Input parameters

Parameter	Description	Example
Site URL (optional)	The URL of a source SharePoint site. If the value field is empty, current sitewill be used.	https://contoso/SiteUrl; https://contoso/Sites/SiteUrl;[%Workflow Context:Current Site URL%]/subSite

Example

Example workflow stopping permission inheritance for a SharePoint site by site URL

**Note:**We recommend you to run all Virto Permissions actions inside App Step to avoid failing of your subsequent actions inside the workflow.

Example

Stop site permissions inheritance activity placed inside an App Step in the workflow

Updated on June 17, 2026