1) Make the column read only without coding

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_{Wednesday, February 25, 2015 2:01 PM}

Please guid eme how to make the column read only in the list without using the coding.

Vij

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_{Wednesday, February 25, 2015 2:06 PM ✅Answered}

Basically, the answer is that you can't.  There are ways to change a specific list view to make a column readonly by replacing the form with a custom DataView form.  But that only applies to that view and since users can create their own views, those views would have read/write access to the column if the user has read/write access to the item.  SharePoint only supports security down to the item level out of the box and not down to the individual column level.

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_{Wednesday, February 25, 2015 2:14 PM ✅Answered}

Hello,

you can create one calculated column referenced to your read only column. After that, you can hide this read only column and show the new column in your list. Thus, you could see the new column but it could not be modified.

Hope this helps. Regards

_{Wednesday, February 25, 2015 2:22 PM ✅Answered}

If you don't want to use code, the other option can be to open the List in SharePoint Manager and make the field readonly there and save the list.

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_{Wednesday, February 25, 2015 8:17 PM ✅Answered}

Mark the column as "Hidden" so that it doesn't appear on Add/Edit forms but can be displayed on the List page. Also make sure that "Allow items in this document library to be edited using the datasheet?" setting is set to NO in Advance settings. Hope this helps.

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_{Tuesday, February 21, 2017 6:58 PM}

Hi Sagir,

How do I mark a column as 'Hidden' ?

Tegsaran Sodhi