June 22, 2016

Web Part Page Maintenance

When modifying SharePoint page layouts I'll occasionally end up with Web Parts with titles ending in [2].  This is due to a duplicate Web Part name.  Simply open up the web part maintenance page and delete the unwanted web parts.

Keyboard method:
  1. Append ?contents=1 to your URL, e.g. /SitePages/Home.aspx?contents=1

Mouse method:
  1. Open the page ribbon
  2. Click Edit Properties
  3. Click Open Web Part Page in maintenance view

Reference: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Open-and-use-the-Web-Part-Maintenance-Page-eff9ce22-d04a-44dd-ae83-ac29a5e396c2