http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SharePointListDelete/Project/ProjectRss.aspxIf you want to delete or remove all the items in a SharePoint list you need to iterate through each item and perform a delete. Most of the examples on the web iterate through each item to do the de...http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SharePointListDelete/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Home&version=4<div class="wikidoc"> <b>Overview</b><br /> <br />If you want to delete or remove all the items in a SharePoint list you need to iterate through each item and perform a delete. Most of the examples on the web iterate through each item to do the delete. The problem there is that each delete action makes a request to the server and a huge list is going to take a long time. You could always delete the entire list and recreate it but that would mean recreating the structure as well as the guid being changed.<br /> <br />The better method would be to make a single request with all the delete commands batched together as shown in the code sample. Click on the Releases tab to download the solution.<br /> <br />If you'd like to just take a quick look at the code see <a href="http://www.merill.net/post/2008/02/Efficiently-Delete--Purge-All-Items-from-a-SharePoint-List.aspx" class="externalLink">http://www.merill.net/post/2008/02/Efficiently-Delete--Purge-All-Items-from-a-SharePoint-List.aspx<span class="externalLinkIcon"></span></a><br /> </div>merillTue, 12 Feb 2008 14:12:01 GMTUPDATED WIKI: Home 20080212Phttp://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SharePointListDelete/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Home&version=3<div class="wikidoc"> <b>Overview</b><br /> <br />If you want to delete or remove all the items in a SharePoint list you need to iterate through each item and perform a delete. Most of the examples on the web iterate through each item to do the delete. The problem there is that each delete action makes a request to the server and a huge list is going to take a long time. You could always delete the entire list and recreate it but that would mean recreating the structure as well as the guid being changed.<br /> <br />The better method would be to make a single request with all the delete commands batched together as shown in the code sample. Click on the Releases tab to download the solution.<br /> <br />If you'd like to just take a quick look at the code see <a href="http://www.merill.net/EfficientlyDeletePurgeAllItemsFromASharePointList.aspx" class="externalLink">http://www.merill.net/EfficientlyDeletePurgeAllItemsFromASharePointList.aspx<span class="externalLinkIcon"></span></a><br /> </div>merillMon, 04 Feb 2008 07:03:11 GMTUPDATED WIKI: Home 20080204Ahttp://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SharePointListDelete/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Home&version=2<div class="wikidoc"> <b>Overview</b><br /> <br />If you want to delete or remove all the items in a SharePoint list you need to iterate through each item and perform a delete. Most of the examples on the web iterate through each item to do the delete. The problem there is that each delete action makes a request to the server and a huge list is going to take a long time. You could always delete the entire list and recreate it but that would mean recreating the structure as well as the guid being changed.<br /> <br />The better method would be to make a single request with all the delete commands batched together as shown in the code sample. Click on the Releases tab to download the solution.<br /> </div>merillMon, 04 Feb 2008 06:59:43 GMTUPDATED WIKI: Home 20080204Ahttp://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SharePointListDelete/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=132Version 1.0Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:57:48 GMTCREATED RELEASE: Version 1.0 (Feb 04, 2008) 20080204Ahttp://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SharePointListDelete/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=132Version 1.0Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:57:48 GMTRELEASED: Version 1.0 (Feb 04, 2008) 20080204A