SharePoint Online - Remove user from SharePoint group

Use the SharePoint Online - Remove user from SharePoint group action A tool for building the processes, logic, and direction within workflows. to remove a user from a SharePoint user group in SharePoint Online.

For more information about the SharePoint Online connector, go to SharePoint Online.

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Configure the SharePoint Online - Remove user from SharePoint group action

Prerequisites 

The Group Settings and Membership Requests setting for the selected SharePoint Online group must be configured as given below for the action to run successfully. For more information about SharePoint site permissions, see SharePoint site permissions.

  • Group Setting: If the connection used to connect to the SharePoint Online site is not for the owner of the group, select Group Members for the Group setting Who can edit the membership of the group.
  • Membership Requests: Under Membership Requests for the group, select Yes for the Allow requests to join/leave this group.

  1. Add the action to the workflow and open the action configuration panel. For more information, see Add an action to the workflow.

  2. Select a SharePoint Online Connection. If you do not have a connection, see Add a connection.

    Note: Only the connections created with the Administration authentication method will be available in the drop-down list. For more information about authentication methods for SharePoint Online connections, see Authentication methods for SharePoint Online connections.

  3. Type the SharePoint site URL that contains the group you want to remove a user from.

  4. Example: https://domain.sharepoint.com/sites/hr

  5. Specify the name of the SharePoint group you want to remove a user from.

  6. Type the email address of the user to remove in the User email address (principal name) field.

SharePoint Online -Remove user from SharePoint action fields and settings

Section Field Description Variable types
(unlabeled)

Connection Credentials and other settings required to pass data between the workflow and the indicated service, which could be a cloud service, business application, or content store.

SharePoint Online connection to use to access the SharePoint Online site.

To refresh the available connections, click Refresh.

 (n/a)
 

SharePoint site URL

The URL of the SharePoint Online site that has the group you want to remove a user from.

Type the SharePoint site URL.

Example: https://domain.sharepoint.com/sites/hr

Boolean, Collection, DateTime, Decimal, Integer, Text
  SharePoint group

The SharePoint group from which you want to remove a user.

The Group Settings and Membership Requests setting for the selected SharePoint Online group must be configured as given below for the action to run successfully. For more information about SharePoint site permissions, see SharePoint site permissions.

  • Group Setting: If the connection used to connect to the SharePoint Online site is not for the owner of the group, select Group Members for the Group setting Who can edit the membership of the group.
  • Membership Requests: Under Membership Requests for the group, select Yes for the Allow requests to join/leave this group.

Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
  User email address (principal name)

The email address of the user you want to remove from the group.

Example: username@domain.com

Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
Output Result

Stores the result of the action in an object with the following variables:

  • Outcome: Boolean variable to store the outcome of the action. Returns Yes if all of the specified users are removed successfully. Returns No, even if user removal fails.

Object