Why can't I just download a SharePoint site?

SharePoint sites belong to the institution that created them. A student is typically a member, sometimes an editor, occasionally an owner — but not the owner of the underlying site collection. Microsoft's bulk-export tools (SharePoint Migration Manager, eDiscovery) need tenant admin privileges to drive, which leavers don't have.

What about a document I authored on a SharePoint site?

You can usually download a copy from the document library. The copy is yours to keep. The original stays on the site after you leave; the institution retains it as part of the site's content.

Does mydocs.school export SharePoint?

Not currently. We focus on OneDrive and OneNote — the workloads most often lost when a student account closes. SharePoint sites are usually retained by the institution after a student leaves, so the loss profile is different.

Export · SharePoint

SharePoint belongs to the institution.

You can take copies of the documents you cared about — but you can't take the site. Here's the realistic shape of what's possible.

The two layers

SharePoint has two layers worth distinguishing:

The site itself — the URL, the permission structure, the navigation, the lists, the workflows. Created and owned by the institution. You cannot export this and you have no reason to want to.
The documents inside the site's libraries — Word docs, Excel sheets, PowerPoint decks, PDFs. These are files. You can typically download a copy of any file you have read access to, and the institution can't stop you doing that (within their policy).

How to download SharePoint documents

Open the SharePoint site in a browser (the URL usually starts with yourschool.sharepoint.com).
Navigate to Documents or whichever document library holds the file.
Select the files you want, click Download. SharePoint builds a zip and streams it to you. Same 20 GB / 10,000-file ceiling as OneDrive web download.
For documents linked from a Teams channel, the easier path is via Teams: Files tab > ... > Open in SharePoint > Download.

What's genuinely yours

Microsoft's permission model treats documents on shared sites as belonging to the site, not to the contributor. Practically:

A coursework portfolio you submitted via a SharePoint upload — download a copy now; it's evidence of your work.
A group project document you co-authored — download a copy; the intellectual contribution is partly yours and the file is evidence of that.
A society or club's shared planning documents — download the ones you worked on; you contributed to them.
Teacher-provided study materials — usually no need to download; they'll be re-shared with future cohorts via the same site. Take a copy only if it's genuinely useful as a reference.

After your account closes

The SharePoint sites stay; you just lose access to them. If you need a copy of a document you didn't download in time, ask whoever owns the site (the teacher, the club captain, the IT team) — they can usually grant you access for long enough to download, or send you the file directly.

Common questions

Why can't I just download a SharePoint site?: SharePoint sites belong to the institution that created them. A student is typically a member, sometimes an editor, occasionally an owner — but not the owner of the underlying site collection. Microsoft's bulk-export tools (SharePoint Migration Manager, eDiscovery) need tenant admin privileges to drive, which leavers don't have.
What about a document I authored on a SharePoint site?: You can usually download a copy from the document library. The copy is yours to keep. The original stays on the site after you leave; the institution retains it as part of the site's content.
Does mydocs.school export SharePoint?: Not currently. We focus on OneDrive and OneNote — the workloads most often lost when a student account closes. SharePoint sites are usually retained by the institution after a student leaves, so the loss profile is different.