How to move a SharePoint Document Library using a List Template

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In this SharePoint Document Management video tutorial you'll learn how to use a SharePoint document library template (list template) to copy and move a SharePoint document library and all of its documents from one SharePoint site to a new document library on another SharePoint site within the same SharePoint site collection.

There are several ways to move documents that are stored in a SharePoint document library, some of which include manual copying or moving of documents, programmatically moving a SharePoint document library, or as the video above demonstrates, using a SharePoint list template to copy a SharePoint document library and its documents from one site to another.

Please note that the method described in the video above does not maintain all of the metadata of the documents stored within the SharePoint document library you want to move.

In this SharePoint Document Management workflow video you learned…

  • How to save a SharePoint document library and its contents as a list template.
  • How to view a saved SharePoint document library template in the List Template Gallery of a SharePoint site collection.
  • How to create a new SharePoint document library based on a saved SharePoint document library template.
  • How to delete a SharePoint document library.
  • How to delete a saved SharePoint document library template from the List Template Gallery of a SharePoint site collection.

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