SharePoint online list experience

Question

Hello,
Long story short, we used a script to change the list experience for a subsite to classic ( here is the link to the script provided in Technet SharePoint-Online-Set-all-3db41598

the issue is rather than changing the experience for one subsite; it has been changed for all site collection; the image shows a library setting for a random list on a subsite

My question is the on-site collection level; if I change this setting to deactivate, will that fix the issue, and the default experience will be reverted to modern for sitecollection?

Also, what`s the best way to change the list experience to classic for a subsite? for instance: https://companyname/sitename

I appreciate your help.

Thanks

Answer 1

Hi @Aysan Haghani , thank you for posting in the Q&A forum.

Deactivating the “SharePoint Lists and Libraries experience” feature at site level will indeed switch the default experience back to modern, except for the lists and libraries that have List experience options in List Settings set to “Classic experience”.

To change the list experience to classic for a subsite, it is recommended to use PnP PowerShell as following:

# Connect to a site  
$cred = Get-Credential  
Connect-PnPOnline -Url <SubSiteURL> -Credentials $cred  
  
# Opt out from modern lists and libraries at web level  
Enable-PnPFeature -Identity 52E14B6F-B1BB-4969-B89B-C4FAA56745EF  -Scope Web  

Reference: Opting out of the modern list and library experience.

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Answer 2

I have checked the attached Powershell that doesn't have any action to activate or deactivate the SharePoint Lists and Libraries experience feature!
It just loops for each list inside the specified site and changes the list advanced option > List experience to ("NewExperience", "ClassicExperience","Auto").

That means this feature was enabled before executing this script or it may be activated manually after running this script!

Below are the effect of deactivating the SharePoint Lists and Libraries experience feature according to my try

• It will change the site content page and other system pages to the new Experience.
• It will not activate Modern experience for a list that already sets to a Classic Experience.
• It will activate Modern experience for a list that already sets to the Default experience for the site.

So I suggest deactivating this feature to revert the Modern Experience back to the list with the Default experience for the site. Also, you can rerun the PowerShell again with NewExperience or Auto parameter to rollback the previous settings!