PowerShell Commands To Update, Uninstall and Remove Solution in SharePoint Central Adminstration

This article explains how to update, uninstall and remove a solution in SharePoint Central Administration using PowerShell commands.

Update Solution

First get your Update WSP file literal path.

Step 1

Right-click your solution and go to Open Folder in File Explorer.



Step 2

Open the bin folder.



Step 3

Open the Debug folder and copy the literal path for your Updated WSP file (EmployeeDetails.wsp).



Step 4

Open SharePoint 2013 Management Shell with Run as administrator.

Step 4

Run the following command:

Update-SPSolution –Identity “Your WSP Name”.wsp –LiteralPath “WSP path Url”\”Your WSP Name”.wsp –GACDeployment

Click Enter.


Your solution will be updated.



Uninstall Solution

Step 1

Open SharePoint 2013 Management Shell with Run as administrator.

Step 2

Run the following Command:

Uninstall-SPSolution –Identity “Your WSP Name”.wsp –WebApplication “Site URL”

Step 3

Type “Y” to continue and “N” for Cancel and click Enter.


Remove Solution

1. Open SharePoint 2013 Management Shell with Run as administrator.
   
2. Run the following command.
   
   Remove-SPSolution –Identity “Your WSP Name”.wsp

Summary

In this article we explored how to update, uninstall and remove a SharePoint solution in SharePoint 2013 using PowerShell commands.