Navigate to your SharePoint site root > Click on the gear icon Site Settings > Site Information > View all site settings > Site Permission Click on Permission levels You can see the various permission levels and the permissions that are set for each Make sure the needed options are selected I had a scenario - I gave a group contribute permission and they are not able to create files or update files. Sync from one drive also stopped working. Spend a good amount of time troubleshooting and couldn't find any issue. Finally, I came to the Permission level section and noticed Edit Items permission was not selected
Edit and Contribute are easily confused and I see a lot of Admins allocate it incorrectly just because they don’t know. In this post I’ll highlight the difference(s). Difference: Below you’ll see that I highlighted the difference in red. There’s only one – and it’s a BIG ONE. Users with Edit rights can also create and delete lists (apps) and views in SharePoint. So for normal users who only add content, Contribute would be the way to go. Permission Attributes Edit: Manage Lists – Create and delete lists, add or remove columns in a list, and add or remove public views of a list. Add Items – Add items to lists and add documents to document libraries. Edit Items – Edit items in lists, edit documents in document libraries and customize Web Part Pages in document libraries. Delete Items – Delete items from a list and documents from a document library. View Items – View items in lists and documents in document librari...