How do I bulk delete versions in Sharepoint 2003?

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  PowerShell is most often used to cleanup versions. There are a number of sample available on the web:

  http://www.bing.com/search?q=sharepoint+delete+versions+powershell

  Of course, do some testing in a development or staging environmen t first.

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  • Marked as answer by Hemendra AgrawalModerator Monday, January 7, 2013 11:02 AM

  Wednesday, December 26, 2012 5:36 PM
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  Are you double hopping from SP2003 to SP2010?  I don't recall any STSADM commands for deleting versions in SP2003 (am checking though) but if these items are migrated to SharePoint 2010, than the following script (sourced from here) should work: -

  snap = Get-PSSnapin | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq ‘Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell’}
  if ($snap -eq $null) {
  Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell
  }
  #Set site url ‘http://<servername>/site’. ‘sps2010’ is my test sharepoint server
  $siteurl = “http://sps2010/test”
  #Document Library Name. ‘VersionsTestDL’ is my test document library
  $dlname = "VersionsTestDL"
  
  #get site obj
  $site=new-object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSite($siteurl)
  #open root web
  $web = $site.OpenWeb()
  #get doclib
  $dl = $web.Lists[$dlname]
  
  foreach ($doc in $dl.Items)
  {
    #Delete All Versions
    $versions = [Microsoft.SharePoint.SPListItemVersionCollection]$doc.Versions
    $versions.DeleteAll()
    #If you want to move them to Recycle Bin only  and not to delete them forever, use RecycleAll() method 
  
  }
  $dl.Update()
  
  $web.dispose()
  $site.dispose()

  
  

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  • Edited by Steven AndrewsEditor Thursday, December 27, 2012 12:31 PM
  • Marked as answer by Hemendra AgrawalModerator Monday, January 7, 2013 11:03 AM

  Thursday, December 27, 2012 12:30 PM

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