SharePoint: Export list to another site collection.

I often create a list solution before I have a site or site collection created to put it in. Here is a way to get that list to another site or site collection.

Export the list

1. Go to List Settings
2. Under the Permissions and Management section click Save list as template.

This allows you to create a list based on the list you exported inside your current site collection.

Export list to another site collection

1. On the top level site of the site collection containing the list that you want to copy, click Site Settings.
2. In the Galleries section, click List templates.
3. On the List Template Gallery page, click the check box next to list template that you want to export.
4. In the ribbon Click Download a Copy.

You should now have a .stp file. Now go to the site collection you want to copy the list to.

1. Click Site Settings.
2. In the Galleries section, click List templates.
3. Click on the Documents tab.
4. Click Upload Document.
5. Click Choose File and navigate and choose the .stp file you downloaded.
6. Click Ok

When you go create a new list, you will see the template you uploaded as one of the options.