Disable folder creation for list in SharePoint using CSOM

In this blog you will see how to disable folder creation for the list in the SharePoint 2013 .Net Client Side Object Model (CSOM).

Steps

1. Open Visual Studio in your system
2. Select Console Applciation template and give as name "Enablefolder"
3. Add a Microsoft.Cleint Assembly refrence file in right side refrence tab in visual studio.
4. Replace Program.cs with the source code below.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client;
namespace CSOMCodeSamples
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// ClientContext - Get the context for the SharePoint Site

ClientContext clientContext = new
ClientContext("http://gauti.sharepoint.com/sites/sp");
// Get the SharePoint web
Web web = clientContext.Web;
// Get the SharePoint list by title
List list = web.Lists.GetByTitle("Newbook");
// Enable folder creation for the custom list
list.EnableFolderCreation = false;
// Update the list
list.Update();
// Execute the query to the server.

clientContext.ExecuteQuery();
}
}
}

Output

Hit F5 and see the magix happend in SharePoint 2013. Hope you have enjoyed this.!!! :-)

If you want to check the output goto Listsettings-->Select Advanced Settings-->Check the settings has been Disabled Successfully.