How can there be guests on my excel sheet that i did not give access to??

Anonymous
2023-03-01T11:28:15+00:00

I had 2 'Guests' on my outlook excel file with personal information. Last one's name 'Sugarberry' . I could not get them off as they were not listed on my 'Share' list of guests.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-10-25T00:58:16+00:00

    Does anyone know if Microsoft has addressed this issue…I had Jacaranda and Sweetgum as guests on my word document shared with one person. I removed their access but these guests won’t go away. Finally Sweetgum went away but I still have Jaracanda. This is definitely a security issue cos I can’t even delete or rename my own file. SMH, the really need to come up with a solution. Or do they need it to trend on social media before they act on it. This is really creepy and giving trust issues

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-10-19T20:57:55+00:00

    Mine says Bushwillow also

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-10-13T20:33:45+00:00

    I just had a user report this issue but the name was "Diamondleaf (Guest) in a file shared internally from her OneDrive but last year, this same user and another saw the same thing with "Broccolini (Guest)" shared with one other internal user from a Sharepoint site.

    I've also checked all the sharing settings and who the doc is shared with but these names were not to be found.

    If this is something that happens when a guest views the doc when not signed in, surely, MS would know about this and should acknowledge it.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-10-12T10:37:02+00:00

    I am having the exact same issue. My sheet is only shared with a co-worker who never shared the link, yet I have an "Aspen (Guest)" showing on my sheet and nobody other than my co-worker showing on "People" on "Manage Access".

    Who on Earth is Aspen and how does he have access to my sheet?
    I tried deleting the link to generate a new one but he keeps showing there.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-08-04T05:13:01+00:00

    I have the same issue, the person logged in is called Tangerine. they dod not show up on my share list and it is only on 1 spreadsheet

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