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Is "Title" a reserved word in Microsoft List?
All Microsoft Lists have a primary key column which, by default, is called "Title". Sometimes, the primary key needs to be something else, like 'EmployeeID' and column that is actually named "Title"....
wm-thompson you can't rename any column to "Title" . Even when you rename a column the internal name within SharePoint stays the same. So a column renamed to something else will still have the internal name of "Title".
Rob
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Microsoft Power Automate Community Super User.
Principal Consultant, SharePoint and Power Platform WSP Global (and classic 1967 Morris Traveller driver)
Agree with Rob_Elliott. When you rename the column, it only changes the display name of column. You cannot change the internal name of list column after column creation.
When you create a list in SharePoint or in Microsoft Lists, it is created with the SharePoint default item content type which has the Title column in it.
Either you can rename the Title column (display name only) and use it as replacement for other relevant column in your list OR if you don't want to use it, you can make it non-required column from list settings and hide it from list forms/list views. You can use SharePoint JSON column formatting for customizing the display of column to show it in bold, colored, etc.
Check this article for more information about internal column names in SharePoint list: How to find the Internal name of columns in SharePoint Online?
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