Finding the Id (Guid) for a SharePoint List
There are times when you need to find the Id (a Guid) of a list – for example, when setting the Task list to be used with SharePoint Designer Workflows (see my blog post here). Here’s a simple way of doing this:
- Navigate to the SharePoint list using the browser.
- Select the Settings + List Settings menu command.
- Copy the Url from the browser address bar into Notepad. It will look something like:
http://moss2007/ProjectX/_layouts/listedit.aspx?List=%7B26534EF9%2DAB3A%2D46E0%2DAE56%2DEFF168BE562F%7D
- Delete everying before and including “List=”.
- Change “%7B” to “{”
- Change all “%2D” to “-“
- Chnage “%7D” to “}”
You are now left with the Id:
{26534EF9-AB3A-46E0-AE56-EFF168BE562F}
Update: See Ken’s Comment for a simpler solution (thanks!):
A (slightly) easier way if you have MOSS 2007 is to go to the List or Library settings as described above, then right-click on the “Audience targeting settings” or “Information management policy settings” links and choose Copy Shortcut.
You can then paste the URL and there’s no need to decode the GUID. For some reason these links aren’t URL encoded.
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April 29, 2008 at 11:32 am
Good tip!
A (slightly) easier way if you have MOSS 2007 is to go to the List or Library settings as described above, then right-click on the “Audience targeting settings” or “Information management policy settings” links and choose Copy Shortcut.
You can then paste the URL and there’s no need to decode the GUID. For some reason these links aren’t URL encoded.
Ken Pespisa
April 29, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Ken, thanks! That’s easier! Nick.
nickgrattan
April 29, 2008 at 4:50 pm
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May 5, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Thanks for the info. That is good.
raja
August 1, 2008 at 11:26 am
hi can u tell me how to get a GUID of a site collection??
vinod
July 3, 2009 at 12:13 pm
an easier method may be to open up the site settings and go to “site lists and libraries” …. it will list the GUID like so: “/_layouts/ListEdit.aspx?List={C51B49FA-4F6C-407A-B65D-943CBB1E9BD2}”…. the main benefit being you don’t need to convert the hex character codes into { – }
tyler
August 7, 2009 at 1:18 am
er… to clarify, lists & libraries will show a list of links of which you can copy to avoid the unescaping
tyler
August 7, 2009 at 1:19 am
You can also use this site http://www.albionresearch.com/misc/urlencode.php to encode the GUID
Gene Vangampelaere
December 17, 2009 at 8:33 am