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Set-PnPList: Break Role Inheritance On List in SharePoint using PowerShell

The example in this topic show how to use PowerShell to Break Role Inheritance On List in SharePoint

Using PnP (Pattern and Practice) PowerShell commands, you can access and manipulate SharePoint objects easily.
Prerequisite: You have to install cmdlets to work in PnP PowerShell.

Make sure you run it in Administrator Mode.
Now, copy and paste the code mentioned below and click on Run Script as shown in the screenshot.

# Provide credentials over here
$creds = (New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential "<<UserName>>",(ConvertTo-SecureString "<<Password>>" -AsPlainText -Force))
# Provide URL of the Site over here
# If you do not wish to pass credentials hard coded then you can use: -Credentials (Get-Credential). This will prompt to enter credentials
Connect-PnPOnline -Url http://MyServer/sites/MySiteCollection -Credentials $creds
# (1) copyRoleAssignments(Boolean) - Specifies whether to copy the role assignments from the parent or not.
# If the value is false, the collection of role assignments must contain only 1 role assignment containing the current user after the operation
# (2) clearSubscopes(Boolean) - clearsubscopes parameter is true, the role assignments for all child objects will be cleared and those objects will inherit role assignments from the current object after this call.
# If the clearsubscopes parameter is false, the role assignments for all child objects which do not inherit role assignments from their parent must remain unchanged.
# "copyRoleAssignments" and "clearSubscopes" are Switch Parameters.
# A "Switch Parameter" does not take a value. If it is written in code, it turns on the "action" otherwise taken as false.
# to reset BreakRoleInheritence execute "-CopyRoleAssignments"
Set-PnPList -Identity "Documents" -BreakRoleInheritance -ClearSubscopes
Disconnect-PnPOnline

Thank you for reading this article. This code was tested in SharePoint 2013

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