Stop sharing a spreadsheet

If you’re the owner, you can stop sharing a spreadsheet to prevent anyone from viewing or editing it.

  1. Click The Collaborators button in the toolbar, then click Share Options.

  2. Click Stop Sharing, then click OK.

Anyone who has the spreadsheet open when you stop sharing sees an alert; the spreadsheet closes when the alert is dismissed, and the spreadsheet is removed from the participants’ iCloud Drive. The link to the spreadsheet no longer works.

If you later share the spreadsheet again and set the access to “Anyone with the link,” the original link will work. If the access is set to “Only people you invite,” the original link will work again only for people you reinvite to share the spreadsheet.

Note: If you’re the owner of the shared spreadsheet and you move a spreadsheet to another location, the link is broken, and people lose access to the spreadsheet.

SEE ALSOCollaboration overviewInvite others to collaborateChange a shared spreadsheet’s settingsCollaborate on a shared spreadsheet