How to delete a timer job definition

YOU SHOULD ONLY DO THESE ACTIONS ON A NON-PRODUCTIVE ENVIRONMENT 

If you want to delete a Sharepoint Timer Job Definitions follow these steps:

  1. Get the GUID of the timer job definition with the following cmdlet:
    get-sptimerjob | sort-object -property Name | ft Name, Id
  2. stsadm.exe -o deleteconfigurationobject -id <GUID>

Comments

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    Check if just the statement Get-SPTimerJob jobName -WebApplication webApplicationName will return results. I think you might have any typo in your jobName or webapp name and thus will not get any results.

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    ms-okoestner, it worked pretty well. thanks.

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    yes you can delete/deactivate the timerjob/feature using jobname.delete() inside the Feature dactivation method of timerjob eventreceiver.

  • Anonymous
    February 28, 2011
    Incorrect. Use: stsadm -o deletessptimerjob

  • Anonymous
    May 27, 2011
    Simle way to make a Timer Job Feature for SharePoint 2010 / Cách tạo một tính năng chạy theo lịch trình cho SharePoint 2010 sharepointtaskmaster.blogspot.com/.../simle-way-to-make-timer-job-feature-for.html

  • Anonymous
    August 10, 2011
    Thanks, saved my hide :)

  • Anonymous
    May 03, 2012
    My proposal: $job = Get-SPTimerJob jobName -WebApplication webApplicationName $job.Delete()

  • Anonymous
    July 18, 2013
    Job.Delete() method is throwing error while trying to remove the timer job from feature deactivating event. Error that is coming is "object reference not set to an instance of an object" stack trace in sharepoint log shows. Any idea on this. Please advice. I was able to delete the job using powershel script as mentioned by Stefan Illner   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPSqlCommand.get_ReturnValue()   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPConfigurationDatabase.DeleteObject(Guid id)   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPConfigurationDatabase.DeleteObject(SPPersistedObject obj)   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPPersistedObject.Delete()   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPJobDefinition.Delete()   at KPMG.ITSGlobal.MySite.ProfileTranslation.KPMGItsGlobalMySiteEventReceiver.<>c__DisplayClass2.<DeleteMySiteProfileTranslationJob>b__0()   at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSecurity.<>c__DisplayClass5.<RunWithElevatedPrivileges>b__3()   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SecurityContext.RunAsProcess(CodeToRunElevated secureCode)

  • Anonymous
    July 30, 2013
    Hi  ms-okoestner, I have checked that the name is fine and there is no Typo error. Again I'm abale to delete the Job using powershell script but not through code when deactivating a feature on site collection level.