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Have you asked yourself the question: How do I remove the 'title column' from a Sharepoint list?  It can be annoying trying to figure out how to remove this column from default lists.  Often, site admins want their audiences to click on "New Item" in a Sharepoint list and not have to fill out the default 'Title' column content type.  I will show you how to remove this from the view.

1. To begin we see in our example Sharepoint list view there is no "Title" column in our default view.  If there is, and you want it gone simply modify the view and uncheck the option box pertaining to the "Title" column. Here is how my sample list looks, yours may look different:

2. The columns are all displaying correctly in our view, but when we click to insert a new item we see:

 
3.  Now to hide the title column, whichever order it is in we will go back to our list by either click the back button in our browser or using the breadcrumbs at the top of the page.  Once in our list window, click the Settings tab and click List Settings.

 
4. Now from the List Settings page select Advanced Settings under the General Settings Section

 
5. Let's specify to allow the management of content types on this list by selecting the Yes option button and clicking the Ok button to apply our modification.

 
6. By allowing management of content types we are now allowed to specify what items will be seen in the "Item".  For this tutorial we want to change the "Title" Column.  Do this by clicking on the "Item" link in the Content Types section that is now available thanks to our previous modification.

7. In the Item content type you can see all the columns presented when a user wants to add a new list entry.  The Title column is marked as required in this instance. 

 
To change this click on the name "Title" link and change the Column Setting to Hidden.

 
Click the OK button to apply the changes and navigation back to your list and add a new entry.  You should now see that the "Title" column is hidden from view. 

 
Important Notes:  Changing the "Title" column name or field type is NOT recommended.  The title column is included by default, and tampering with the field will just cause you headaches.  Keep the field as it is and just hide it like I just showed you and remove it from any default views

Also it is best practice to not leave the the option to manage content types select.  You can change this to "No" and the title column will still be hidden in the form.

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Tim  - How to remove fields from calendar event   |60.234.62.xxx |2008-07-16 23:33:38 Hi! Fantastic post! I've followed your instructions and it works beautifully. However, do you know how to get rid of the "All Day Event", "Recurrence" and "Workspace" columns from New Item form on the calender. Your advise worked for the Title and Description, but not for those columns. Would really appreciate any help you could give... Quote 1   0

Devin Walker  - Responding to your question...     |162.10.251.xxx |2008-07-17 11:55:19 If you have SharePoint Designer I can show you how to remove the Recurrence and Workspace fields from the New Item form. Here's the highlevel explanation: 1. Open the page containing the New Item form in SharePoint Designer. The path may look something like: http://MyMOSS.com/Lists/All%20US%20Announcements /NewForm.aspx 2. Make a copy of the page by right clicking > New from Existing Page 3. Add Form Web Part 4. Add the Controls and Submittion options I'm not sure if this is correct, but I will investigate further. Sorry, just pretty busy at the moment. Quote 0   0

M. Farrell  - This was very helpful   |207.70.5.xxx |2008-08-08 16:34:01 Thanks for this post it worked like a charm. Quote 1   0

Gretchen White   |209.102.211.xxx |2008-10-09 15:14:26 This was very helpful!! Quote 0   0

Jay   |162.115.108.xxx |2008-11-07 14:05:57 One quetion since I've done this.... When I edit a record then it now shows "(no title)" at the top of the edit form as well as in the breadcrumb. How can I change this to pull from another field? Quote 0   0

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