Delete a Package

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When packages are no longer needed, delete the package to leave space for new packages. When you delete a package:

  • All the programs within the package and all the advertisements for the package are also deleted.

  • The package source files are deleted from the distribution points.

  • Any compressed versions of the package source are deleted.

  • Any package access accounts you have created specifically for the package are deleted.

  • SMS security rights to the package are deleted.

After a package is deleted, new users or client computers joining the site will no longer receive notification or be able to run advertisements that reference programs in the package. If there is a chance that new users or client computers can use the advertisement and install the software, it makes sense to keep a package's programs advertised and on the distribution points until the programs are retired or replaced.

To delete a package

  1. From the SMS Administrator console, navigate to Packages.

    Where?

    Systems Management Server > Site Database > Packages

  2. Right-click the package you want to delete, and then click Delete.

  3. Complete the Delete Package Wizard.

Note

  • To delete a package, you must have Delete or Administer permissions for packages.

When you remove a distribution point from the list, the distribution point's copy of the package source files is automatically deleted.

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