How To Hide "Edit" Option In A List Or Allow It Only For Admins In SharePoint Online

In this article, I will discuss how to hide the “Edit” option in a list. Sometimes, as per the requirement or if we don’t want the "Edit" option to appear in a list or if it should show for an administrator only, we can go with hiding the “Edit” option quickly for others,;i.e., some users should be able to edit, add, or delete the items but I don't want to allow them a quick edit.

So, let’s get started.

Refer to the below steps to hide the “Edit” option.

Step 1

Click on the Gear icon present at the top right corner and select “Site Contents” option.


Step 2

Select the list which was created earlier.



Step 3

Click on that list and the below screen will appear.



Step 4

Select “List” tab and click on “List Settings” option. 



Step 5

Go to “General Settings” and select “Advanced settings”. Refer to the below screenshot.



Step 6

Go to “Quick property editing” option, select “No”, and click on OK.





Step 7

“Edit” option doesn’t appear on the list.



So, in this way, we can hide the “Edit” option for a list for all users. Suppose, we want only administrators to edit the items in a list so we can proceed with the below way.

Step 1

Create Permission levels for the list, go to the “Site Settings”, and select “Site Permissions” option under “Users and Permissions” menu.





Step 2

Select “Permission" tab and select “Permission Levels” option.



Step 3

Select “View Only” permissions and check the checkbox as per your requirement.



So, this is an alternative way to not allow editing for the users except administrators. Only administrators or users having full control access will be able to edit.