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ID is a system field, you can’t change it. You can try to save the list as a template and create a new list based on the template.
How do I find my Nintex Workflow ID?
Open the extracted folder, and then open the Workflow folder, and open Metadata. xml in a text editor. Find the WorkflowId element which contains the WorkflowID. The ID is a GUID that looks like f0f8591f-0729-49e3-822b-130936404eab.
What is a Workflow ID?
The Workflow identifier (referred to in Work Manager as the Instance ID ) is an identifying number that provides a unique reference to a specific Workflow process. It can be addressed from external code such as a book script, or a URL, or used internally to reference the current workflow instance in use.
There is no out of box way you can reset the id apart from resetting the value in the content database. One approach you can do is, you can Save the List as a template and can use the same template to create a new list in SharePoint 2013/2016/Online. You can follow this article to check.
Set the property’s ReadOnlyField = $False before updating the item. But be careful: I found that doing this may lead to future problems (read replies): As Mike mentioned, i suggest you create a new Autonumber Unique Column in SharePoint List.
Can a list ID be changed in SharePoint?
The list ID cannot be changed. You’ll need to create a new list and migrate the data to it. What’s the issue you are trying to solve by changing the list ID? When we add a new item in the list, ID column will automatically be created. ID is a system field, you can’t change it.
Every SharePoint list item will have one ID associated with it. If you have 5 items and you delete all 5 items from the SharePoint list then next time if you will try to add one item to the list then the id will starts from 6 not with 1.