How to delete orphaned list view SP 2013

Question

I have created a view on my list, but then accidentally deleted the list part of the view when editing it, just leaving the CEWPs.

Going under List settings, that view is now no longer listed so I cannot delete it from there. However, if I put the URL in directly

https://oursites.../Lists/My List/Team View.aspx

the page is still displayed.

This view name is not visible in any of the Site Contents, nor the

https://oursites..../SitePages listings.

Where can I find the view so I can delete it?

Answer 1

You can delete it with the help of SharePoint Designer

1. Open site
2. Goto All files
3. Select list folder
4. Select your list
5. There you'll have the view page
6. Delete the page

And voila you are done.

Answer 2

It should still be able to add, remove, and edit list views using SharePoint Designer, even if for some reason they don't show up in your views. You just go to the site, open the list in question, and right there you should see everything in the back-end folder that SharePoint leaves aside for list views. This post talks about how to add and edit them rather than deleting them, but what you're looking for is how to get there. I think that to delete, all you have to do is right click and delete them, or select the view and delete it from the ribbon.

http://community.bamboosolutions.com/blogs/sharepoint-2013/archive/2012/09/19/how-to-create-custom-views-using-sharepoint-designer-2013.aspx

Answer 3

You can delete the List View using following PowerShell script.

     function Remove-SPListView { 
    Param(
     [string]$WebUrl,
     [string]$ListName,
     [string]$ViewName
     ) 
    Start-SPAssignment -Global 
    $SPWeb = Get-SPWeb $WebUrl
     $List = $SPWeb.Lists[$ListName] 
    $View = $List.Views[$ViewName]
 $List.Views.Delete($View.ID) 
    $List.Update() 
    $SPWeb.Update() 
    $SPWeb.Dispose() 
    Stop-SPAssignment -Global
}

You can replace

[$ViewName]

with name of your view.

Reference

Answer 4

Here is what I did. Tried the SP Designer fixes mentioned above, but the rouge view didn't show up in SPD. (I assume it is something our administrator has done.)

Tried using a REST endpoint [mysite]/_api/web/lists/getByTitle('Listname')/Views. But the rogue view was not in the returned items either. I figured if I could get it with a read command, maybe I could delete it with REST.

I used windows explorer to map a drive to my site > Lists > Listname and there was the rogue view. I was able to delete it there. That got rid of the page at URL message.

Interestingly it place the view into the recycle bin for my site. So I can now see it through the UI. It says "(no title)" and doesn't show any info that would identify it, except the time stamp so I know that is what it is.

I haven't tried restoring it from the bin yet.

Answer 5

Before people look at a CSOM solution, beware - it will work, the view will delete, but if you try and create any new view, you will get the error

"Sorry, something went wrong An unexpected error has occurred."

My site has now become unusable. RIP.

I'm not posting that site that gave me the idea to ensure people don't go down this same path.