Hide SharePoint list from Site Contents

Summary

If you need to hide the SharePoint list from the UI this simple PowerShell script will hide a specific list from the site contents. This will prevent users from easily accessing the list while, for example, you are still setting it up.

PnP PowerShell
CLI for Microsoft 365


# SharePoint online site url
$siteUrl = "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/SPConnect"

# Display name of SharePoint online list
$listName = "My List"

# Connect to SharePoint online site
Connect-PnPOnline -url $siteUrl -Interactive

# Hide SharePoint online list from Site Contents
Set-PnPList -Identity $listName -Hidden $true

# Disconnect SharePoint online connection
Disconnect-PnPOnline

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# SharePoint online site url
$siteUrl = "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/SPConnect"

# Display name of SharePoint online list
$listName = "My List"

# Get Credentials to connect
$m365Status = m365 status
if ($m365Status -match "Logged Out") {
   m365 login
}

# Hide SharePoint online list from Site Contents
m365 spo list set --webUrl $siteUrl --title $listName --hidden true

# Disconnect SharePoint online connection
m365 logout

Check out the CLI for Microsoft 365 to learn more at: https://aka.ms/cli-m365

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Contributors

Author(s)
Leon Armston
Ganesh Sanap

Disclaimer

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