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Copper Contributor

Mar 10, 2023

SharePoint List Versioning Old Versions

Hello All, We have a SharePoint list with versioning already enabled with major versioning. Currently we have enabled to store 10 versions and list is showing versions as expected. However t...

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ganeshsanap

MVP

Mar 11, 2023

PraveenZnmd I think those should be deleted when you will edit the existing document at least once.

Until we create a new document or edit the existing document, new versioning limits will not be applicable. The new limit will not affect the existing old versions. We need to Delete them explicitly.

Source: What will happen if we change the number of versions to be 100 instead of 500 to utilize our storage

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PraveenZnmd

Copper Contributor

Mar 13, 2023

Hello ganeshsanap,

Thank you for looking into this.

We are trying this in SPO list and seems like not working as expected. We tried to change list item also created new one. Still we can see more versions than expected.

Thanks,

Praveen

ganeshsanap
MVP
Mar 13, 2023
PraveenZnmd Can you try creating another SharePoint list and see if you are able to reproduce it in another list as well.

Also, raise support ticket with Microsoft directly: Get M365 support - online support
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