Useful URL Shortcuts For SharePoint Online

These shortcuts are very useful to developers and make our work faster. This article covers eight shortcut URLs which we can use in our daily practice.

In my next article, we will cover another eight shortcuts.

Now, let’s get started.

1 Create

Aim - We use this shortcut when we want to create a custom list or library or anything like that.

URL - Yoursite/_layouts/create.aspx

In my case, Yoursite = https -//lt16.sharepoint.com/sites/learn

I should append /_layouts/create.aspx to my site URL.

So, my final URL becomes - https -//lt16.sharepoint.com/sites/learn/_layouts/create.aspx

Please follow the same procedure for all the below examples.

Please refer to the below screenshot when using this shortcut URL.

2 Site Column Gallery

Aim - This shortcut is useful when we want to see all the available site columns in SharePoint Online.

URL - Yoursite /_layouts/mngfield.aspx

Please refer to the below screenshot while using this shortcut URL.

3 People and Group

Aim - This shortcut is useful when we want to check people or groups in SharePoint. It shows all the available members in a current site.

URL - Yoursite /_layouts/people.aspx

Please refer the below screenshot when you use this shortcut URL.

4 Manage User Permissions

Aim - If we want to break an existing permission or we want to assign permission for a current site, we can use this shortcut.

URL - Yoursite /_layouts/user.aspx

Please refer to the below screenshot while using this shortcut URL.

5 Site Content Type

Aim - This shortcut is useful when we wish to check all OOTB and custom content types available in the current site or subsite.

URL - Yoursite /_layouts/mngctype.aspx

Please refer to the below screenshot when you use this shortcut URL.

6 Site Content and Structure Manager

Aim - This shortcut shows the structure of a current site. Apart from this, it is also showing all the available content of a selected site.

Using this content and structure manager, we can copy, move, or delete the selected site or subsite very easily.

URL - Yoursite /_layouts/sitemanager.aspx

Please refer the below screenshot to use this shortcut URL.

7 Site Setting

Aim - It’s a very useful URL shortcut. As a SharePoint developer and user, many times, we need to access the site settings. Basically, site settings show us various available settings for the current site or subsite.

URL - Yoursite /_layouts/settings.aspx

Please refer to the below screenshot to use this shortcut URL.

8 Site Content

Aim - When we want to check the site content of the current site or subsite, we can refer this shortcut URL.

URL - Yoursite /_layouts/viewlsts.aspx

Please refer the below screenshot to use this shortcut URL.

1 Workflows

• Aim - Using this shortcut URL we can view all associate workflow with the current site or subsite.
• URL - Yoursite /_layouts/wrkmng.aspx

In my case, Yoursite = https://lt16.sharepoint.com/sites/learn

I should append /_layouts/ wrkmng.aspx with my site URL.

So, my final URL becomes - https://lt16.sharepoint.com/sites/learn/_layouts/wrkmng.aspx

Please follow the same procedure for all the below examples. Please refer to the below screenshot when we use this shortcut URL.

2 Manage Site Collection Administrator

• Aim - If we need to assign permission for the site collection, we can use this URL shortcut and assign permission to the user as a site collection administrator.
• URL - Yoursite /_layouts/mngsiteadmin.aspx

Please refer to the below screenshot when we use this shortcut URL.

3 Manage Site and Workspace

• Aim - This feature shows workspace for sites, document, meetings. We can also delete or create the site from here.
• URL - Yoursite /_layouts/mngsubwebs.aspx

Please refer to the below screenshot when we use this shortcut URL.

4 Recycle Bin

• Aim - As we all know recycle bin is a garbage of deleted or removed files. Using this URL shortcut we can directly go through the recycle bin.
• URL - Yoursite /_layouts/AdminRecycleBin.aspx

Please refer to the below screenshot when we use this shortcut URL.

5 Solution Gallery

• Aim - This feature shows all available solutions in the current site. We can activate or deactivate solution from here. We can use this URL shortcut to go through solution gallery.
• URL - Yoursite /_catalogs/solutions/

Please refer to the below screenshot when we use this shortcut URL.

6 Master Page Gallery

• Aim - Using this URL shortcut we can check Master Page Gallery. This one is the most useful feature of SP.
• URL - Yoursite /_catalogs/masterpage/

Please refer to the below screenshot when we use this shortcut URL.

7 Web Part Gallery

• Aim - To view all available web part from the current site, we can use this URL shortcut.
• URL - Yoursite /_catalogs/wp/

Please refer to the below screenshot when we use this shortcut URL.

8 List Template Gallery

• Aim - Using this URL shortcut we can view all available list template associated with the current site or subsite.
• URL - Yoursite/_catalogs/lt/

Please refer to the below screenshot when we use this shortcut URL.