Deleting a file in SharePoint isn’t a single action. You’re choosing between sending it to the Recycle Bin (recoverable) or removing it permanently (not, without a backup). Which one you should reach for, and how to do either one through the REST API, is what this post covers. In this post: Delete vs recycle: what’s
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SharePoint stores dates in UTC and displays them based on the site’s regional settings. Get that mismatched, and you get list items showing the wrong time, or a Power Automate flow firing at the wrong hour. In this post: Why this happens · The “Date Only” field gotcha · Fixing list view display · The
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SharePoint List Formatting customizes how lists and libraries look using JSON, without touching the underlying data. Works in SharePoint Online, on-prem 2019+, Microsoft Lists, and Teams lists, same formatting engine everywhere. In this post: One thing to understand first · Three real examples · Formatting forms, not just views · Comparing against today’s date ·
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SharePoint keeps every prior version of a file, but the built-in UI only shows you version history one file at a time. If you need it for an audit, a bulk export, or to check who changed what across a whole library, you’re pulling it with a script instead of clicking through the interface. Three
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SharePoint Online really only has two primary site types (Team Sites and Communication Sites) and picking the wrong one early means a rebuild later, not a quick setting change. In this post: Team Sites · Communication Sites · Beyond the two types · Why the rebuild warning is real · Permissions work differently between the
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Four real ways to share files in SharePoint, and when each one actually fits: Direct links: generate a view-only or edit link, optionally with an expiration date and password. Best for a quick one-off share, not for ongoing collaboration structure. Managed document libraries: structure permissions at the library level instead of sharing individual files. Better
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Worth flagging directly before anything else: neither of the two role-assignment examples that usually accompany this topic will actually run against a fresh list or library. Both skip breaking permission inheritance first, which SharePoint requires before it accepts a role assignment at all. This post covers the built-in roles, the real numeric IDs behind them,
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SharePoint archiving moves less-frequently-accessed content to secondary storage while keeping it available when needed: other SharePoint sites, external storage, or a third-party tool. The point is keeping the active environment fast without losing anything. In this post: Why it matters · The four approaches · Microsoft 365 Archive: the native option · What can’t be
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Worth a direct correction before anything else: the “indexed column” PowerShell example that circulates for this topic (`Set-PnPListItem` with a value) doesn’t create an index at all. It just sets a field’s value on one item, something entirely different. This post covers the real mechanism for indexing a column, the real cap that mechanism runs
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SharePoint Document Versioning automatically saves iterations of a document as it changes, so you can see who changed what and restore an earlier version if something goes wrong. In this post: Enabling versioning · Managing version history · List item versioning · What “restore” actually does · Intelligent Versioning: automatic trimming · How many versions
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