How to delete a Term, TermSet and Group in SharePoint 2010

In this article we will be seeing how to delete Term, TermSet and Group in SharePoint.

In this article we will be seeing the following:

• Delete a Term
• Delete a TermSet
• Delete a Group

Steps Involved:

• Open visual studio 2010.
• Create a new console application.
• Add the following references.
  
  • Microsoft.SharePoint.dll
  • Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy.dll
• Add the following namespaces.
  
  • Using Microsoft.SharePoint;
  • Using Microsoft.Sharepoint.Taxonomy; 

Delete a Term:

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using Microsoft.SharePoint;

using Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy;

namespace EMM

{

    class Program

    {

        static void Main(string[] args)

        {

            using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://serverName:10/"))

            {

                TaxonomySession taxonomySession = new TaxonomySession(site);

                TermStore termStore = taxonomySession.TermStores["MMS"];

                Group group = termStore.Groups["SharePoint Group"];

                TermSet termSet = group.TermSets["Word Automation Services"];

                Term term = termSet.Terms["Conversion"];

                term.Delete();

                termStore.CommitAll();

            }

        }

    }

}

Delete a TermSet:

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using Microsoft.SharePoint;

using Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy;

namespace EMM

{

    class Program

    {

        static void Main(string[] args)

        {

            using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://servcerName:10/"))

            {  

                TaxonomySession taxonomySession = new TaxonomySession(site);

                TermStore termStore = taxonomySession.TermStores["MMS"];

                Group group = termStore.Groups["SharePoint Group"];

                TermSet termSet = group.TermSets["Word Automation Services"];

                termSet.Delete();

                termStore.CommitAll();

             }

        }

    }

}

Delete a Group:

When you try to delete the group you will be getting the following error