SharePoint tech tip: Add or remove news posts

With SharePoint and your department group site, you can add news posts and news links. These posts will appear under “News from sites” on the SharePoint homepage for public sites, and on the homepage of your private department group site.

Add a news post

  • From your team site, select New > News post.
  • You can also choose News link, which pulls in news from a different page or website.
  • Select a template and Create post.
  • To create your news post, type in a headline or select Change image to put in a background photo.
  • Go to where your picture is, select it and then select Open.
  • To set the photo’s focus point, select it and then drag up or down to position it.
  • Select the circled plus sign to add a modern web part to a page, to add a section and choose the layout.
  • Select the circled plus sign to add a web part, like text, image or one of the many other options.
  • When you’re done, select Post news to publish it.
  • To see the post on your team site, select Home.
  • To see the post on your SharePoint start page, select SharePoint.

Remove a news post

  • Note: Your admin must give you permission to remove a news post.
  • To remove a news post on your site, select Pages.
  • Choose the post you want to remove.
  • Select Delete, and then select Delete once more to confirm the deletion.