Deactivatefeature: Stsadm operation (Windows SharePoint Services)
Updated: April 26, 2007
Applies To: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Updated: 2007-04-26
Operation name: Deactivatefeature
Deactivates a feature in the feature collection.
Syntax
stsadm -o deactivatefeature
-filename
-name <feature folder>
-id <feature ID>
[-url] <URL name>
[-force]
Parameters
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Parameter |
Value |
Required? |
Description |
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filename |
A valid file path, such as "MyFeature\Feature.xml" |
Yes |
Path to feature must be a relative path to the 12\Template\Features directory. Can be any standard character that the Windows system supports for a file name.
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name |
Name of the feature directory, such as “MyFeature” |
Yes |
Name of the feature to deactivate |
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id |
A valid GUID, such as “21d186e1-7036-4092-a825-0eb6709e9281” |
Yes |
GUID that identifies the feature definition to remove
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url |
A valid URL, such as http://server_name |
Yes |
URL of the site collection or Web site to which the feature is being deactivated |
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force |
<none> |
No |
Specifies that a deactivation of the feature will be forced. |

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