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Help please: How to stop version history updating when editing metadata
Hi, does anyone know if there is a way of uploading documents to a SharePoint Library, and not have the version change about 7 times when filling in the meta data? I have an issue where each ti...
This is as Rob replied standard behavior of SharePoint. The versions also count towards your storage quota consumed. This is particularly annoying for large files.
There are Apps that allow editing of metadata without adding a new version. These apps (https://www.slimapplications.com/product/explorer/) use the REST API ValidateUpdateListItem method to update metadata without adding a new version.