How 2 rename Title Column in item Content type

Question

Hi All,

I wrongly rename 'Title' to 'First Name' column in item content type.now sharepoint not allow me to rename 'First Name' to 'title'.Now in y site all title column convert into 'First Name'. Can anyone please help to rename 'First name' to 'title'. thanks

Answer 1

Hi Vipin

The easiest it to use SharePoint Manager:

• Go to the right site collection
• Go to the right site
• Open Fields
• Find the column and rename the Title property
• Save

Answer 2

Once you change the name from Title to something else, you are stuck - you can never call it Title again since it is a reserved name by SharPoint.

Rename the Title to "Item" or "Item Title" instead - this is usually a suitable fix (I've been through this a few times when my Content Editors go a little nuts)

Once you have the Content Type working with a better generic title field, like "Item" you can go into each of the lists and change the Title field to something more useful locally (NOT in the content types). For instance in a Contacts list - the title would probably be "Last Name" - or in a custom product list the title could be "Product"