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Changing Column names in SharePoint lists

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Sonja_Bauernfeind
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Changing Column names in SharePoint lists

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May 26, 2021 5:38:08 AM

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Sonja_Bauernfeind

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Mar 27, 2019 9:14:45 AM

When users change the column name in a SharePoint list, the name in the API call remains unchanged. When you create a column in a list or library, you give it a display name. That name will be the internal name given to a column and is the one used to read and store the data in the database. The internal name never changes, no matter how many times you change the display name.

This is the default behaviour for SharePoint.

 

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If you need to change the column name (display name) in the front-end, then is not required to change the API call, this still will point to the internal name to consume data. If you need to change the internal name then the recommended action is to create a new column with the desired name and then the internal name will be created for the new column.

Further information: Can we direct change it from sql database? if yes then how? 

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