Deactivatefeature: Stsadm operation (Windows SharePoint Services)

Applies To: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Topic Last Modified: 2007-04-20

Operation name: Deactivatefeature

Deactivates a feature in the feature collection.

stsadm -o deactivatefeature

** -filename**

** -name <feature folder>**

** -id <feature ID>**

**\[-url\] \<URL name\>**

**\[-force\]**

Parameter	Value	Required?	Description
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. Note If the feature file is not found on disk, the following error message is returned: "Failed to find the XML file at location '12\Template\Features<file path>'."
name	Name of the feature directory, such as “MyFeature”	Yes	Name of the feature to deactivate
id	A valid GUID, such as “21d186e1-7036-4092-a825-0eb6709e9281”	Yes	GUID that identifies the feature definition to remove Note If the ID is specified but the feature does not exist, the following error message is displayed: "The feature with Id '<id>' is not currently installed. Use 'force' to deactivate it at this scope."
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
force	<none>	No	Specifies that a deactivation of the feature will be forced.