Metadata Columns in SharePoint list Can't hide

Question

I would like to post a question, in SharePoint list, some columns can't hide even I tried to hide under content type. May be those columns are metadata. The column names are "Hidden", "Hidden Template", "WSEnabled" and "Content Type". if anyone facing the same case as me, please let me know is that error or is there any way to hide those columns? Thank you.

options are disabled, can't choose and remove the column.

Answer 1

Dear Su Myat,

Good day! Thank you for posting to Microsoft Community. We are happy to help you.

From your description It seems Metadata Columns in SharePoint list Can't hide behavior from your side.

apologized situation you encountered, we do understand the inconvenience caused and apologize for it.

I read your query carefully couple of times and I do some test I am able to hide the columns by bellow method

About "hide column", if you don't want users to see it no matter in the list page or when creating new items, you can do it in this method.

1) click "add column" and click "show or hide column", untick the column you doesn't want to display and save it.

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2. click "New" to create a new item. In the right side pane, click "edit" icon >> edit columns >> untick the columns you don't want users to see when creating new item, save it.

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Your understanding and patience will be highly appreciated.

If there is any misunderstanding, please feel free to correct me.

Have a nice day!

Best regards,

Answer 2

Hi Sophia,

Thank you for replying to my query. After tried as per your suggestion, still can't hide. Showing in Edit panel.

Answer 3

Dear Su Myat,

Good day! Thank you for your reply to Microsoft Community. We are happy to help you.

Since my method didn’t work for you to further investigate the issue further can you confirm this Collom is a custom created by code level or the Collom you mentioned is created from SharePoint online? Can you give a exact method you used to crate the collom

Your understanding and patience will be highly appreciated.

If there is any misunderstanding, please feel free to correct me.

Have a nice day!

Best regards,

Answer 4

Hi Sophia,

Thank you for reply. Actually, those columns are not manually created.

They are system columns, appeared after I changed "yes" to "Allow management of content types" option.

You can find those columns under "Item". I highlighted in below.

Seeking your kind reply.

Best Regards,
Su

Answer 5

Dear Su Myat,

Good day! Thank you for your reply to Microsoft Community. We are happy to help you.

Please go to the site content >> site settings >> Site content types>> and search for items please search for items >> And create another list and test if you get the same issue as this click items and see if your column can be locate here If so you can remove it from here. And create a another list and test if you get the same issue as this.

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It seems it's difficult to assist with your issue on the community we suggest you to contact our Office 365 support they will connect to your PC remotely to assist you in this manner quick and easy way you contact your office 365 administrator to go to Office 365 Admin Center-> Support-> New Service Request, the support engineers there have the correct escalation channel and this is the most efficient way to report such issue.You can refer to this article to check the way how to raise a ticket. Ways to contact support for business products - Admin help. The engineers in related team have higher permission and resources than us and they may help check it from background.

If there is any misunderstanding, please feel free to correct me.

Have a nice day!

Best regards,