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At my company we use Office365. When i open a document (Word, Excel, etc..) from a SharePoint site, it opens by default in the online editor in the browser. Office 2013 is installed on my desktop. I am not a site admin.

I want all office documents from Office365 to open by default in the desktop versions.

How do i configure that?

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  • Are these SharePoint, network, or local documents? – CharlieRB Feb 02 '18 at 12:56
  • @CharlieRB I edited my question to highlight that is relates to document on SharePoint / Offie365. – oɔɯǝɹ Feb 02 '18 at 13:10
  • If you would have been a site admin, then there are some easy steps to achieve what you are trying to do. Can't you contact your site admin to do that for you. Then I can share the steps he should take. – UkFLSUI Feb 02 '18 at 13:31
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    Those changes are made at the SharePoint site level. Agree with @RakibulIslam. You need admin rights to change those settings. Get with the site admin. – CharlieRB Feb 02 '18 at 13:44

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You’ll need to be a site administrator to make the changes. At first, make sure that you are on the top-level site for this site collection.

  • Click the gear in the upper right-hand corner of SharePoint and select Site Settings.

  • From the Site Settings page, under the Site Collection Administration section, click on Site collection features.

  • There is an option called Open Documents in Client Applications by Default. Simply hit the Activate button. It will take some time to complete the activation.

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