RemoveFieldRef element (ContentType)

Applies to: SharePoint 2016 | SharePoint Foundation 2013 | SharePoint Online | SharePoint Server 2013

Specifies a column reference that is included in the parent content type but is to be removed from this content type.

You need only specify the ID attribute of the RemoveFieldRef element. SharePoint Foundation ignores all other attributes of this element.

Definition

<RemoveFieldRef
  Aggregation="sum" | "count" | "average" | "min" | "max" | "merge" | "plaintext" | "first" | "last"
  Customization="Text"
  DefaultValue="Text"
  Description="Text"
  DisplayName="Text"
  Format="Text"
  Filterable="TRUE" | "FALSE"
  FilterableNoRecurrence="TRUE" | "FALSE"
  FromBaseType="TRUE" | "FALSE"
  Hidden="TRUE" | "FALSE" | "orResource"
  ID="Text"
  Locked="TRUE" | "FALSE"
  Name="Text"
  Node="Text"
  NumLines="Integer"
  PIAttribute="Text"
  PITarget="Text"
  PrimaryPIAttribute="Text"
  ReadOnly="TRUE" | "FALSE"
  ReadOnlyClient="TRUE" | "FALSE"
  Required="TRUE" | "FALSE"
  Sealed="TRUE" | "FALSE"
  ShowInDisplayForm="TRUE" | "FALSE"
  ShowInEditForm="TRUE" | "FALSE"
  ShowInFileDlg="TRUE" | "FALSE"
  ShowInListSettings="TRUE" | "FALSE"
  ShowInNewForm="TRUE" | "FALSE"
  Sortable="TRUE" | "FALSE"
  PrimaryPITarget="Text"
/>

Elements and attributes

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

Child elements

Parent elements

Occurrences

Remarks

If the RemoveFieldRef element specifies a column that is not included in the parent content type, SharePoint Foundation disregards the element.

Example

The following example shows RemoveFieldRef elements specifying several columns to remove from a content type.

    <FieldRefs>
      <RemoveFieldRef ID="{67df98f4-9dec-48ff-a553-29bece9c5bf4}" Name="Attachments" /> <!-- Attachments -->
      <RemoveFieldRef ID="{f1e020bc-ba26-443f-bf2f-b68715017bbc}" Name="WorkflowVersion" /> <!-- WorkflowVersion -->
      <RemoveFieldRef ID="{bc91a437-52e7-49e1-8c4e-4698904b2b6d}" Name="LinkTitleNoMenu" /> <!-- LinkTitleNoMenu -->
      <RemoveFieldRef ID="{82642ec8-ef9b-478f-acf9-31f7d45fbc31}" Name="LinkTitle" /> <!-- LinkTitle -->
      <RemoveFieldRef ID="{ae069f25-3ac2-4256-b9c3-15dbc15da0e0}" Name="GUID" /> <!-- GUID -->
      <RemoveFieldRef ID="{de8beacf-5505-47cd-80a6-aa44e7ffe2f4}" Name="WorkflowInstanceID" /> <!-- WorkflowInstanceID -->
    </FieldRefs>

See also

• Content Type Definitions
• Content Types
• Fields and Field References
• FieldRef element (ContentType)