Uninstall-SPSolution : This solution contains resources scoped for a Web application

Question

I got this error "Uninstall-SPSolution : This solution contains resources scoped for a Web application and must be retracted from one or more Web applications." when trying to uninstall a SharePoint 2019 solution using PowerShell

Uninstall-SPSolution Identity 6ca32b40-73f1-4b39-8ed3-121ff6d46de5

How I can solve this error in SharePoint 2019?

Answer 1

Solving: Uninstall-SPSolution : This solution contains resources scoped for a Web application

To uninstall a SharePoint WSP solution that is scoped for a web application without facing this error "Uninstall-SPSolution : This solution contains resources scoped for a Web application and must be retracted from one or more Web applications.", you have first to specify the scoped web application using this parameter " -WebApplication".

Uninstall-SPSolution -Identity 6ca32b40-73f1-4b3 9-8ed3-121ff6d46de5 -WebApplication http://webAppURL

If you don't know which web application you installed your SharePoint solution or the solution already deployed globally, you can easily use -AllWebApplications.

Uninstall-SPSolution -Identity 6ca32b40-73f1-4b3 9-8ed3-121ff6d46de5 -AllWebApplications

Once you have uninstalled (retracted) the SharePoint Solution, you have to remove it using the below PowerShell cmdlet

Remove-SPSolution -Identity SP_solution.wsp

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How to get the Deployed Web Applications for a SharePoint WSP Solution?

In case, you want to know which web applications you installed your SharePoint solution, you can use the below SharePoint PowerShell cmdlet

Get-SPSolution | select Name,DeployedWebApplications | Format-List

Also, you get the Deployed web applications URL for a SharePoint WSP solution through the SharePoint Central Administration by doing the following:

1. Open Central Administration > Click on System Settings. > Below Farm Management, click on Manage farm solutions.
   
2. Click on the WSP solution name to get the list of all deployed web applications for this WSP solution.
   

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See Also

• WSP Deployer: Deploy WSP SharePoint 2019 Solutions using PowerShell
• How to Install and deploy WSP SharePoint Solution Using PowerShell
• This solution contains no resources scoped for a Web application and cannot be deployed to a particular Web application
• How to Uninstall SharePoint Solution WSP?