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Anton2250
May 13, 2022Copper Contributor
Is There a Limit on the Number of Content Types Allowed in a Library?
Hi, Everything I've read says there's no hard limit on the number of Content Types you can have in a Library. However, I'm running into issues with 39 or more Content Types added to a Library. When...
Anton2250
Mar 09, 2023Copper Contributor
We got in touch with Microsoft support. Apparently this is a known issue. There is a limit to the amount of columns that can be fetched at one time. Every column type has a different impact to that maximum. So I think this isn't directly linked to the number of content types, but rather the total columns across all content types in a library...even if you use the same columns in all the content types. Had to consolidate some content types into broader categories....and then relied on a managed metadata 'document type' column rather than classify our docs using content types.