To remove a content type from a list or document library, go to the
settings page for that list or library by switching to the List ribbon
or Library ribbon and clicking the List Settings or Library Settings
button.
The settings page shows the
list of content types available in the list or library (if content
types are enabled), as you can see in Figure 1. To remove one, click the link to that content type.
The configuration page that opens shows the content type for that specific list or library (see Figure 2).
Changes that you make in this page affect only the list or document
library but not other lists and libraries that use the same content
type. You can tell this by the fact that the content type has a parent
with exactly the same name—and this is possible only when viewing the
settings of a content type in a list or library, and not the settings
for the content type that is defined in the site. As long as you see
this, changing the content type affects only the list or library from
which you started.
To remove the content type
from the list or library, click the Delete This Content Type link.
Doing so opens a prompt that asks you to confirm the deletion of the
content type. Click OK to remove the content type.
Note
The Delete This Content
Type link does not actually delete the content type; it just removes
the content type from the list or library. An easy way to be sure that
you are not deleting the content type from the site is to look in the
breadcrumbs at the top of the page. If the breadcrumbs show that you
are under the settings for the list or library, you are not deleting
the content type but instead just removing it. In any case, SharePoint
does not let you delete a content type from a site if it is still in
use by a list or library, so you can feel safe to click this link.
