Find Who Created a List or Library in SharePoint using PowerShell
If you want to find out who has created a SharePoint site, list, or library: Sorry! There is no way from the SharePoint user interface!! You can’t get “Created By” or “Created On” values anywhere.
But PowerShell is our rescuer! Let’s find who has created a SharePoint list using PowerShell:
Find Who has Created a List or Library using PowerShell
To see who created a list in SharePoint, use this PowerShell script:
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
#Get the List and Web
$web = Get-SPWeb "https://portal.crescent.com/sites/Sales"
$list = $web.lists["Sales Docs"]
#Get Creator and Created date of the given List
Write-host "List Created by:"$List.Author
Write-host "List Created on:"$List.Created
PowerShell to Find Who Created a File in SharePoint:
Here is how to use PowerShell to find who created a file in SharePoint:
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
#variables
$SiteURL = "https://intranet.crescent.com/Sales"
$FileURL = "/sales/Shared%20Documents/Compliance%20Process.xlsx" #Relative URL
#Get the Web & File
$Web = Get-SPWeb -Identity $SiteURL
$File = $Web.GetFile($FileURL)
If($File.Exists)
{
Write-Host "Created By: " $File.Author
Write-Host "Modified On: " $File.TimeLastModified
Write-Host "Modified By: " $File.ModifiedBy
Write-Host "Created On: " $File.TimeCreated
}
else
{
Write-Host "File doesn't exist!"
}
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