Delete large list items

Mohammad Qasim 576 Reputation points
2021-03-04T19:08:50.017+00:00

Greetings

Using Sharepoint 2016 on prem

Solution required: How can I delete large list item , is there any simple way to delete ? I believe there should be recommended way to delete large list items

Thanks

SharePoint Server Development
SharePoint Server Development
SharePoint Server: A family of Microsoft on-premises document management and storage systems.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
1,634 questions
0 comments No comments
{count} votes

1 answer

Sort by: Most helpful
  1. Amos Wu-MSFT 4,051 Reputation points
    2021-03-05T07:06:49.563+00:00

    You could try to index your column and use caml to filter all items which meet your requirement. Then delete them one by one.
    Reference:
    Overcoming the List View Threshold in SharePoint CAML queries


    If the response is helpful, please click "Accept Answer" and upvote it.
    Note: Please follow the steps in our documentation to enable e-mail notifications if you want to receive the related email notification for this thread.


Your answer

Answers can be marked as Accepted Answers by the question author, which helps users to know the answer solved the author's problem.