Hidden SharePoint List - User Information

Hello Again,

There is a hidden list in SharePoint which stores the User Details like Name, Email, Login Name etc.

We can access this list using the URL:

http://WebApplicationName/_catalogs/users/simple.aspx

Here, when ever a new user is added to the sharepoint site, firstly that user will be added to this list. Hence, we can consider this list as a resource of all users present in the site.

We can acess this list through object model as:

SPList hiddenUserList = SPContext.Current.Web.SiteUserInfoList; 

Note that this list contains the users which are deleted from Active Directory too. Hence, whenever we delete a user from SharePoint site, its actually a soft delete and that user details still exist in this hidden list.

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