How to Delete a List in SharePoint Online using CSOM-PowerShell?
Requirement: Delete a list in SharePoint Online using PowerShell.
PowerShell Script to delete a List in SharePoint Online:
Run it in PowerShell ISE:
Important: Make sure, you have SharePoint Online client run time installed on the client machine before proceeding. Download it from here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42038
PowerShell Script to delete a List in SharePoint Online:
#Load SharePoint CSOM Assemblies Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\16\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll" Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\16\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.dll" ##Variables for Processing $SiteUrl = "https://crescent.sharepoint.com/" $ListName="Projects" $UserName="admin@crescent.com" $Password ="Password goes here" #Setup Credentials to connect $Credentials = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredentials($UserName,(ConvertTo-SecureString $Password -AsPlainText -Force)) #Set up the context $Context = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($SiteUrl) $Context.Credentials = $credentials #Get the List $List = $Context.web.Lists.GetByTitle($ListName) $Context.Load($List) $List.DeleteObject() $Context.ExecuteQuery() Write-Host "List deleted Successfully!"
Run it in PowerShell ISE:
How to Delete a List in SharePoint Online using CSOM-PowerShell?
Reviewed by Salaudeen Rajack
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October 23, 2015
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Reviewed by Salaudeen Rajack
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October 23, 2015
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Hello I am Getting an Error
ReplyDeleteMethod invocation failed because [System.String] does not contain a method named 'DeleteObject'.
At line:17 char:2
+ $ListName.DeleteObject()
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound
Change $ListName.DeleteObject() to $List.DeleteObject()
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