hide/disable the Recent Activity in the details pane
Implement a configurable switch to hide/disable the Recent Activity in the details pane. Should be configurable at the user, library or tenant level.
Users find it annoying when the details pane keeps refreshing as other users update a list item or document; it makes the details pane constantly refresh and appears to "flicker" causing a poor user experience.
Rob Barker
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24 comments
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Amey Mulay
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I concur what Neil stated !
This is a security concern & we should be able to toggle it as & when required.
As it defeats the purpose of providing secured access.Regards,
AMEY -
Martin C
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Anonymous
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This is quite pathetic to still not have a solution, please fix it.
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Anonymous
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The activity module can still be seen within the document library's details pane. The ability to turn this feature off across the site should be possible. I understand why its there but also understand the need to have the option to disable.
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Anonymous
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This link will show you how to delete the activity module.
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Wayne
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"Recent Activity" is a GDPR concern for Business and Education environments. Microsoft must implement an option to turn this off.
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Debbie Farren
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As an HR Manager, I work with confidential employee information. I do not think their private (Social Security #'s, etc.) information should pop up on a dashboard for anyone to view (walking by, etc.) I am not comfortable with this at all.
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Joe Albe
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This is a terrible "feature" I do NOT want everyone in the company seeing what I am doing in the shared sites. Please allow this to be turned off. It's unthinkable that this is not an option since the product was released.
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Asif Ahamed
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This feature should be available for sharepoint admin so that they can manage it if required as per their organization policy.
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Evans IT
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"Recent Activity" is a security concern for business environments. It should be off by default.
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Alex Stark
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i'm requesting ability to manipulate what users see on Recent Activity to remove specific files, because there was a virus that we wanted to get rid of (email with attachment that was posted also on the sharepoint, and so it still posed a continued risk)
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Anonymous
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This feature is distracting and not always needed by an organization. It can also make an employee feel like they are being watched as they work, and this will create friction for a use case. The activity panel should be an option.
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Linda
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It takes up too much precious screen space!
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Clive Newport
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Just collapsing the list in the details window would be fine for me
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Arezu Madadi
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It's a GDPR issue and needs to fix ASAP.
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Anonymous
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Makes the screen look too busy and detracts from the documents
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Osman Beyaztas
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This option should be really implemented. People are getting "scared", because it feels like big brother is watching them..
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Anonymous
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Yes, its a GDPR issue that needs fixing
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Dr. Georg Krieger
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We have the same issue: If you share information with external people in SP, alle these persons can see what the others have done. That's in Germany nearly not possible (all must declare, that they accept these matter).
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Anonymous
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Displaying user activities and names of internal and external users without the ability to hide this feature make SharePoint a ineffective tool for confidential use access to a site. Needs to be fixed ASAP otherwise SharePoint cannot be relied to keep user information confidential
