Broken links in SharePoint

Concept

Links in SharePoint documents, pages, web parts and metadata that no longer reach their target, for example after a site address change, a move or a deleted redirect.

Beschrijving

A broken link points to an address that no longer works. In SharePoint this often happens when an address changes. Microsoft Learn explains what then happens to links:

When a site address is changed, SharePoint creates a redirect at the previous address. People who saved the site as a favorite or select a link to the site are sent to the new address, and sharing links redirect automatically. Embedded addresses are not updated, though: "Any embedded URLs in any SharePoint web parts (News, List, etc.) won't be updated and may break." Custom solutions keep their old address dependencies, Power Apps custom forms must be recreated, SharePoint 2013 workflows must be republished, and a site must be connected to its hub site again.

A redirect stays until someone deletes it. After deletion, requests to the old address are no longer forwarded, and bookmarks, links and "Shared With Me" references stop working. A site cannot be renamed this way if it is a hub site.

The Microsoft Learn pages checked for this entry describe how addresses change and when links break. They do not describe a general tool for finding broken links in SharePoint Online; vendors such as Cognillo offer their own tools for that.

Sources (Microsoft Learn, checked in November 2026): https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/change-site-address , https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/manage-site-redirects

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Maintained by Mirko Peters (Microsoft MVP) · Last updated: 2026-11-11