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Restore a custom list in SharePoint online

Kevin Egan 76 Reputation points
2021-03-03T15:52:19.287+00:00

Hello, is there any way to restore a previous version of a Custom list in SharePoint online? a site owner has changed some site columns and fields in a list and it has obviously applied these changes to each list item, he know wants to revert back to original fields and columns as there is a lot of errant data. Is there anyway to do this? I know you can restore previous version of Document libraries but Custom lists?

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  1. Jan Beran 11 Reputation points
    2022-10-06T20:05:04.397+00:00

    It's sort of ridiculous that there is no RESTORE feature for a Sharepoint list. C'mon Microsoft!

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  2. Allen Xu_MSFT 13,866 Reputation points
    2021-03-04T05:37:42.373+00:00

    Hi anonymous user,

    You can only restore previous versions of an item in a list or a file in a library via version history option(The premise is that you have enabled versioning settings in the list/library settings.) Versioning settings don't apply to list and library level.
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    If you have modified columns/fields properties(column name, column type and etc.)in a list, there is no way to restore a previous version of a list. I'm afraid you have to modify them back manually.

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