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Tech Support 57 Removing custom fields from a managed package
Hi,
I'm wondering if one of you might have an idea. We have a managed package that contains custom fields that I am trying to remove. When attempting this I discovered there was no way to remove them.
I also tried creating another package that had less fields included, then I discovered that a developer account can only have one managed package, and you can't change it.
It's worth mentioning that the managed package is not on the AppExchange.
Is there any way to achieve this outside of creating a new dev account and moving over the components to create a new package?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I'm wondering if one of you might have an idea. We have a managed package that contains custom fields that I am trying to remove. When attempting this I discovered there was no way to remove them.
I also tried creating another package that had less fields included, then I discovered that a developer account can only have one managed package, and you can't change it.
It's worth mentioning that the managed package is not on the AppExchange.
Is there any way to achieve this outside of creating a new dev account and moving over the components to create a new package?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Custom fields can be deleted from a managed package if the package is in beta and has never been released. Once the released package has been installed as a released version, things get a lot tougher. The only option at that point is to have it uninstalled from all of your customers and only then can you request to have your package rolled back to beta.
This is all a bit of a moot point however, since with the Spring '14 release, ISVs will have the option to delete some components in a managed package, including custom fields. From the Spring '14 release notes:
Starting Spring ‘14, ISVs can delete the following types of components when updating a previously released managed package.
1. Custom Buttons or Links
2. Custom Fields
3. Custom Objects
4. Custom Tabs
5. Field Sets
6. Record Types
7. Validation Rules
For more details you can refer : here (https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.packagingGuide.meta/packagingGuide/packaging_intro.htm)
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