How to uninstall a feature in sharepoint 2007?

Question

I need to remove a feature completely from SharePoint with all its assemblies, folders and everything. I found that I can do this by SharePoint management shell, but I don't know how to find, open or download it!

Answer 1

The Sharepoint Management Shell comes with Sharepoint and is simply a PowerShell Add-In which you could load manually. If you don't have the Sharepoint Management Shell you can also use stsadm.exe.

For uninstalling via Powershell:

• Installing or Uninstalling Features

For uninstalling via stsadm:

• Uninstallfeature: Stsadm operation (Office SharePoint Server)

You can find the Sharepoint Management Shell in the start menu, the stsadm you can find in the Sharepoint installation folder.

For a list of all installed features run the following command in PowerShell:

Get-SPFeature | Sort -Property Scope,DisplayName | FT -GroupBy Scope DisplayName,Id