Three methods for deleting Windows SharePoint Services

You can use HTML management or command line management tools to delete Microsoft Windows SharePoint services from a virtual server. Both tools can retain or delete content when you delete Windows SharePoint Services.

Use HTML to manage web pages and delete Windows SharePoint Services from virtual servers

Click Start to point to allProgram", Then point to" Administrative Tools ", and then click" SharePoint management center ".
On the Management Center page, under "virtual server configuration", click "Configure Virtual Server Settings ".
On the "virtual server list" Page, select the virtual server to be configured.
Under "Virtual Server Management" on the "virtual server list" page, click "delete Windows SharePoint Services from virtual server ".
On the delete Windows SharePoint Services from Virtual Server Page, select one of the following options:
"Delete, but do not delete the content database"
This option only deletes the Windows SharePoint Services folder from the virtual server-the fully preserved content database, so you can use the same virtual server or other virtual servers to reconnect to it later.

Delete and delete the content database
This option deletes both the Windows SharePoint Services folder and the content database from the virtual server. Unless backed up, the website previously stored on the virtual server cannot be rebuilt.

Click OK ".
Use the command line to delete Windows SharePoint Services from the virtual server

You can use the stsdm.exe command line tool to delete Windows SharePoint Services from the virtual server using unextendvs. The unextendvs operation uses the-URL parameter and the optional-deletecontent parameter. When the unextendvs parameter is used but the-deletecontent parameter is not used, the content database is retained in the original place, so that the content of the virtual server can be reconnected. When the-deletecontent parameter is included, the content database is deleted and the virtual server is deleted from the configuration database.

For example, to delete Windows SharePoint services from a virtual server but retain the content database, use the following syntax to perform the unextendvs operation:

Stsadm-O unextendvs-URL http: // SERVERNAME

To delete Windows SharePoint services from a virtual server and permanently delete a content database, use the following syntax:

Stsadm-O unextendvs-URL http: // SERVERNAME-deletecontent

When you use the unextendvs operation with the-deletecontent parameter, you cannot re-connect to the website content in the future.

Uninstall Windows SharePoint Services from the server computer

Note to uninstall Windows SharePoint Services, you must be an administrator on the server computer.

To completely delete Windows SharePoint Services from the server computer, you can use "add or delete programs" in the control panel to delete it. Uninstalling Windows SharePoint Services will not delete any installed products, such as Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (Windows) 2000 (wmsde ). These programs must be uninstalled separately.

On the server computer, click Start, click control panel, and then click add or delete programs ".
Select Windows SharePoint Services and click Delete ".