Removing the Content Source

Using SharePoint Management Shell

  1. Open a new PowerShell window as an Administrator.

  2. Run the RemoveContentSource.ps1 script 

    ./RemoveContentSource.ps1 -ContentSource "MyContentSource" -Context "http://my-sp2013-central-admin:port" -IntermediateRepository "C:\IntermediateRepository -SearchAppName "My Search Service Application"

The account that will run this script has to be a Search Service Application administrator.

 

Manual uninstall

  1. Remove the Content Source: 

    If the content source is currently crawling, the delete option will be disabled. Stop the crawl process or wait for it to finish to be able to delete it.

    1. Go to Central Administration and click on Manage Service Applications.
    2. Look for the Search Service Application and click on it.
    3. Go to Content Sources.
    4. Look for the content source you want to delete, right click it and select "Delete".
  2. Remove the BDC Model:

    1. Go to Central Administration and click on Manage Service Applications.

    2. Look for the Business Data Connectivity Service Application and click on it.

    3. On the ribbon, go to the View section and select "BDC Models".

    4. Right click on the BDC model you want to delete ({contentSourceName}-Model), right click it and select "Delete".

  3. Remove the Repository folder for the content source:

    1. Go to the Intermediate Repository

    2. Remove the folder with the same name as the content source.

 

A new Content Source and External Content Type with a name used previously will only be created if the folder has been removed from the Shared Repository directory.

 

 

Removing SharePoint 2013 Components

AspireBDCService

From SharePoint Management Shell run the powershell script RemoveAspireBDCService.ps1

 .\RemoveAspireBDCService.ps1 -configurationFilePath ..\config\configurationParameters.xml

This will do the following:

  • Remove the AspireBDCService site on IIS.
  • Remove the AspireBDCService application pool on IIS.
  • Remove the AspireBDCService folder under C:\inetpub\wwwroot

 

Notification Service

From SharePoint Management Shell run the powershell script RemoveNotificationService.ps1

.\RemoveNotificationService.ps1 -configurationFilePath ..\config\configurationParameters.xml

 

This will do the following:

  • Retract aspirenotificationservice.wsp solution.
  • Remove aspirenotificationservice.wsp solution.

 

Intermediate Repository

From SharePoint Management Shell run the powershell script RemoveIntermediateRepository.ps1

.\RemoveIntermediateRepository.ps1 -configurationFilePath ..\config\configurationParameters.xml

 

Error Crawl Logs Service

From SharePoint Management Shell run the powershell script RemoveErrorCrawlLogsService.ps1

.\RemoveErrorCrawlLogsService.ps1 -configurationFilePath ..\config\configurationParameters.xml

This will do the following:

  • Retract errorCrawlLogsService.wsp solution.
  • Remove errorCrawlLogsService.wsp solution.

 

Aspire Security Trimmer

From SharePoint Management Shell run the UninstallAspireSecurityTrimmer.ps1 script

.\UninstallAspireSecurityTrimmer.ps1 -configurationFilePath ..\config\configurationParameters.xml
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