SharePoint list limitation

A list can have up to 30 million items and a library can have up to 30 million files and folders. When a list, library, or folder contains more than 100,000 items, you can't break permissions inheritance on the list, library, or folder. You also can't re-inherit permissions on it.

Can a SharePoint list have more than 5000 items?

The SharePoint 5000 item limit threshold applies to the limit of items that are displayed in per view(An example is shown in the figure below). SharePoint Online has a limit of 30 million files and folders per library(Sum of folders and files at each level), each file has a limit of 15GB uploaded to a library.

Is there a limit to Microsoft lists?

You can store up to 30 million items or files in a list or library. Filtered views of large lists have a similar experience to other lists. However, when a list view shows more than 5000 items, you may run into a list view threshold error.

What is the limit on rows in SharePoint list?

For the List Item mentioned in this article means the rows in your list. Columns are not counted. So you can take 30 million item as 30 million rows.

Does SharePoint have a 256 character limit?

SharePoint Server versions only support up to 260 characters for file and path lengths, Microsoft Excel and older Office version have a lower limit, see KB 326039 for details. If you exceed any limits, you'll receive an error message.