Deactivate SharePoint 2013 mobile view
SharePoint 2013 detects if the site is being displayed in a mobile device and shows the content in a very simplified portal that remove most of the features.
In this article I’ll show 3 different methods to change this behavior, and display the full website when in mobile devices.
OPTION #1 – DEACTIVATE SHAREPOINT MOBILE FEATURE
In this article I’ll show 3 different methods to change this behavior, and display the full website when in mobile devices.
OPTION #1 – DEACTIVATE SHAREPOINT MOBILE FEATURE
- Open your site and go to Site Settings -> Manage site features
- Locate Mobile Browser View and click Deactivate
OPTION #2 – CHANGE THE REDIRECT BEHAVIOR OF A MOBILE BROWSER
- On your server click Start, click Administrative Tools, and then Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager
- Right-click the IIS website where the SharePoint web application is installed, and then click Explore
- In Windows Explorer, double-click the App_Browsers folder
- Open the compat.browser file in a text editor
- Find the node that corresponds to the mobile browser or device that you want to modify
- Find the element
- Set the value attribute to false to display a standard view of the site in the mobile browser
- Save your changes to the compat.browser file
- Restart IIS by entering the following command at the command prompt
- After the restart open your SharePoint site in your mobile device
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