The list is too large to save as a template. The size of a template cannot exceed 10485760 bytes in SharePoint

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Recently while working on a MOSS 2007 to SharePoint 2013 migration project, we wanted to save a MOSS 2007 list as a template. When we tried to Save a list as a template it gave an error that says: The list is too large to save as a template. The size of a template cannot exceed 10485760 bytes.

The error comes because Microsoft allows it because of the size of the SharePoint list.

the list is too large to save as a template

In MOSS 2007, the max size allowed is 10MB. We can increase by using a stsadm command like the below:

stsadm -o setproperty -propertyname max-template-document-size -propertyvalue 52428800

The command will increase the limit to 50MB.

SharePoint 2013: the list is too large to save as a template

By default, it is 50MB in SharePoint 2010 or SharePoint 2013. So if it increased the limit then it will give an error like the below:

The list is too large to save as a template. The size of a template cannot exceed 10485760 bytes in SharePoint
The list is too large to save as a template. The size of a template cannot exceed 10485760 bytes in SharePoint

You can also use PowerShell SharePoint command to increase the limit like below:

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell
$webservice = [Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebService]::ContentService
Write-Host "Size: " $webservice.MaxTemplateDocumentSize
$webservice.MaxTemplateDocumentSize = 262144000 #250 MB
$webservice.Update()

the list is too large to save as a template SharePoint online:

In SharePoint Online we can not increase the limit, So you have to remove the content to save the list as a template.

You may like the following SharePoint list tutorials:

Hope this will be helpful to solve the error The list is too large to save as a template. The size of a template cannot exceed 10485760 bytes in SharePoint 2013/2016/Online.

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