Title Column in SharePoint Online List [Rename, Remove, Disable, & Optional]

In this SharePoint tutorial, I will explain to you, what is the title column in SharePoint Online list. Then I will show you, how to rename title column in sharepoint list and how to delete title column in sharepoint list.

Since, the Title column in a SharePoint list is a mandatory column, I will show you to how make it optional.

SharePoint List Title Column

Whenever you will create a custom list, it will add a default column as the Title column in SharePoint Online list. And this is a single line of text and mandatory column.

The list Title columns is a very important column which we use to view, or edit the item.

For example, I have created an employees list in the SharePoint and by default it added the Title column. Here I have added a few items and the SharePoint list looks like below:

Rename title column in SharePoint list

Now, I will show you, how to rename title column in sharepoint online list.

• Click on the ‘Title’ column and expand it.
• Now, click on the ‘Column settings‘ and select Rename option.

• Then in the Rename column dialog box, enter the Name and Click on Save as show below.

• Now, you can see, the Title column is renamed to Employee Name.

This is how to rename a title column in sharepoint list. In the same way, you can also rename list title column in SharePoint Server 2019 or on-premises versions.

Remove title column from SharePoint online list

We can not remove the title column from a SharePoint list. Instead we can show/hide the column from the content type. Also, we can show or hide the Title column from the SharePoint list view.

Show/hide Title column from SharePoint Online List View

Let us see, how to show or hide the SharePoint list title column from the list view.

• Click on the Title column -> Select Column settings -> Click on the Show/hide columns.

• Edit view columns dialog box pops up -> Unselect the Title and click on Apply.

Note: If you have only one column in the list view, then the Title will not be hidden even if you uncheck it. So, make sure, you should have at least one more column in the list view. For example, here I have checked the Created By column.

• Now, in the SharePoint Online List view, the title column got hidden and only Created By column appears.

This is how to hide title column from a SharePoint list view.

Remove title column from SharePoint list New, Edit and Display form

Follow the below to hide the title column from New, Edit and Display forms in SharePoint list. This we can do it at the item content type level.

• Open the SharePoint list settings page. Click on the Settings icon and then click on List settings.
• From the Content Types section, click on the Item Content type like below:

Note: If you do not see the Content Types section, then click on “Advanced Settings‘ under General Settings. Then select, Yes for “Allow management of content types?”

After this you should be able to see the Content Types section.

Once you click on it, it will open the “List Content Type” page where you can see the Title column under Columns section. Here, click on the Title column.

Then you can see, the below 3 options in the Columns Settings section.

• Required (Must contain information)
• Optional (May contain information)
• Hidden (Will not appear in forms)

Here, choose Hidden option, so that the Title column will be hidden from the forms. And then click on OK button.

Now, when you try to add, edit or view an item, the Title column will not appear in the forms.

This is how to hide title column from SharePoint list New, Edit and Display form.

Remove Title As Mandatory Field From SharePoint Online List

If you do not want to make SharePoint list title not required then follow the below steps:

• Navigate to the “Change Content Type Column” page (As explained above), and there from the Column settings section, choose “Optional” like below:

Now, when you will open the New form or Edit form, you will see the Title field is optional now.

This is how to remove the mandatory field from the Title column in SharePoint Online.

Conclusion

From this SharePoint Online tutorial, we have learned about the SharePoint Online list ‘Title’ column such as:

• SharePoint Online List Title Column
• Rename the Title Column in SharePoint Online
• Remove the Title Column in SharePoint Online
• How to Remove Title As Mandatory Field From SharePoint List

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