SharePoint 2010 Lists - Add, Edit, Delete Items using c#

This post describes how to add items, edit items and delete items from a SharePoint list.

Adding an Item

According to my example there should be a List called "Tasks" which was created using the Tasks template.
If not you can create a List.

After that you have to open a SharePoint Console Application and insert the below code inside the main method.
Make sure that you have added the correct Site Name.

 using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://sp-sohani:8118/sites/Gouri_Sohani/Team_GSSD/"))
            {
 
                using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())
                {
 
                    SPList list = web.Lists["Tasks"];
 
                    SPListItem item = list.Items.Add();
 
                    item["Title"] = "New Task";
 
                    item["Description"] = "Description of Task";
 
                    item.Update();
 
                }
 
            }

Then run the program and you will see a new item called 'New Task" has added to the 'Tasks' List

Editing an Item

In this example I have edited the first Task of the Tasks List. (If you want to edit the second item
eg: list.Items[1];)

I have changed the Title and the Description of the first item.

using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://sp-sohani:8118/sites/Gouri_Sohani/Team_GSSD/"))
            {
 
                using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())
                {
 
                    SPList list = web.Lists["Tasks"];
 
                    SPListItem item = list.Items[0];
 
                    item["Title"] = "Edited Task";
 
                    item["Description"] = "Description of Task (edited)";
 
                    item.Update();
 
                }
 
 
 
            }

Now you can see the Title of the task has changed to "Edited Task".

Deleting an Item

In this example I have deleted the first Item of the 'Tasks' List.

      using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://sp-sohani:8118/sites/Gouri_Sohani/Team_GSSD/"))
            {
 
                using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())
                {
 
                    SPList list = web.Lists["Tasks"];
 
                    SPListItem item = list.Items[0];
 
                    item.Delete();
 
                }
 
            }


After you run the program you will see that the first item has deleted from the 'Tasks' List.