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This list cannot be deleted
Updated over 2 weeks ago

Symptoms

Sharegate displays the following error while deleting a list :

This list cannot be deleted. This might happen if this list contains an item on hold or declared as a record.

Error code

  • IN-502-251

Any error code ending with: -251

Details

SharePoint does not allow the deletion of lists in some conditions.

  • The list contains an element declared as a record.

  • The list contains an element on hold.

Solution

If you are trying to delete a list containing at least one element declared as a record, you must undeclare all the items that are declared as records before deleting the list that contains them.

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