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SharePoint: Manually Re-Index List

What is Re-index?

In SharePoint Online, content is automatically crawled based on a defined crawl schedule. The crawler picks up content that has changed since the last crawl and updates the index. In some cases, you may want to manually request crawling and full re-indexing of a site, a document library, or a list.

Steps

Here are the steps to re-index the SharePoint list.

Step 1: Open list in SharePoint site,

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Step 2: Select the List from the ribbon bar as in the following screenshot:

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Step 3: On the ribbon, click “List Settings” to go to the advanced list settings.

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**Step 4: **Then you will navigate to list settings page as in the following screenshot:

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**Step 5: **Click “Advanced Settings” in list settings page.

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Step 6: On Advanced Settings page click the “Re-index List” button.

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**Step 7: **Then you will get the popup as in the following screenshot:

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Step 8: Click the “Re-index List” button on the pop-up.

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Your SharePoint list will be re-indexed successfully, then Click “OK” to navigate the settings page.

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Summary

In this article we have explored how to Re-index the list in SharePoint Online without any code. I hope this article is useful for who are learning to start the SharePoint Search.