Disable Throttling for a specific SharePoint 2010 list with PowerShell

The following can be used to disable throttling on a specific list (must be run as an account with enough priv.):

$web = Get-SPWeb http://whateverWeb
$list = $web.Lists[“List Title”]
$list.enablethrottling = $false
$list.update()

3 thoughts on “Disable Throttling for a specific SharePoint 2010 list with PowerShell

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  2. Joy Adkins

    Thanks! Haven’t tried it yet, but this is exactly what I was looking for: a way to change the throttle settings only for the exceptions.

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  3. Santosh Bantu

    I have tried this , and its working for me.
    Are there any pitfalls or disadvantages if i disable the list throttling ? if yes , please specify, what are they?

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