Wednesday, October 10, 2012

How to remove web application using PowerShell 2010


Method 1:

Remove-SPWebApplication -Identity http://ukreddy:6789

This cmdlet will ask for user's confirmation.


Remove-SPWebApplication -Identity http://ukreddy:6789 -Confirm:$false

This cmdlet won't ask for user's confirmation.



This cmdlet permanently removes the Web application at http://ukreddy:6789. This command does not remove the content databases or the IIS Web site.

Method 2:


Remove-SPWebApplication -Identity http://ukreddy:6789 -DeleteIISSite -RemoveContentDatabase


This cmdlet will ask for user's confirmation.


Remove-SPWebApplication -Identity http://ukreddy:6789  -Confirm:$false -DeleteIISSite -RemoveContentDatabase

This cmdlet won't ask for user's confirmation.




This cmdlet permanently removes the Web application at http://ukreddy:6789. This command also remove the content databases or the IIS Web site.


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