Get a SharePoint List GUID from the Browser

Monday, February 11, 2008

Super simple.

Go to the list settings page. Right click on "Title, description and navigation" and copy the URL. Paste that into notepad and copy everything after "List=" in the string. That's your URL Encoded GUID for the list. All you need to do is decode it. I found this php page that does it for you so you don't have to whip up a quick program to do it. I'm sure there are zillions of others around.

Or maybe there is a URL decoder somewhere in the MS stack that I'm not aware of. Anyone? Anyone?

5 Comments

Simple but a good way.

GrPro.Liu - Tuesday, November 11, 2008 8:52:04 AM

Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPEncode.UrlDecodeAsUrl();

The above is a utility provided by Microsoft which can decode for you.

Daniel M. Dority - Tuesday, December 9, 2008 7:41:59 PM

Very useful post.. Thanks

Arun - Saturday, August 1, 2009 12:16:31 AM

Very good useful info !

Karthik - Friday, September 11, 2009 7:05:38 PM

Very useful! Many thanks!

Adrien M - Friday, May 14, 2010 9:45:48 AM

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