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For this issue, you can go to Site Settings > Site Permissions to check if you have proper permissions on the site. If you have no proper permissions, you will not be allowed to save a list as template. After you have “Designer” permission on List Templates Gallery, you will be able to save list as template.
In SharePoint on-premises like SharePoint 2016/2013, we can change the Size from 50MB to more than that. We can increase it using the stsadm command as well as by using PowerShell command. The below command will increase the size limit from 50MB to 200MB. The value in the parameter will take in bytes.
Why is my list not saving as a template?
For example, assume you’re using a Content Type that contains 9 Managed Metadata columns, and you add an additional Managed Metadata column to the list or library. This triggers the error. To work around this issue, save the template without selecting the option to Include Content.
Is the SharePoint list too big for a template?
Recently I was trying to save the SharePoint list as a template with content. But it gave error as Sorry, something went wrong. The list is too large to save as a template. The size of a template cannot exceed 52428800 bytes. the list is too large to save as a template. the size of a template cannot exceed 52428800 bytes.
We can reuse a SharePoint list by saving the list as template. Then we can download and uploaded into another site and can reuse it. But if you are working on SharePoint Online modern team sites, then you might not see the Save list as template option in the list settings page under Permissions and Management.
How to save Moss 2007 list as a template?
If you got this error then you need to make sure whether you want to take the full content or not. Or you can take save the list as a template without content. Or you can remove a few items or documents from the list or document library to make it less than 50MB. How to use MOSS 2007 list template in SharePoint 2013?