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How to delete a class from production in apex?
An easy way to do this is as follows: Use an IDE to create a new project and download all classes from production. In the class you want to delete, open the metadata file and change the status of the class to “deleted”. Save to the server. Observe the status of the class in the example below:
How to delete apex classes and triggers in Salesforce?
The most common approach to deleting Apex classes and triggers in a Salesforce production environment is to leverage either the Force.com IDE or the Force.com Migration tool. These tools have a number of downsides, namely: -The Force.com IDE is very ‘heavyweight’ and is known for being quite buggy sometimes and unpleasant to use.
How to turn off the apex trigger in production?
Then in your apex trigger, add an IF condition at the top to check if the Trigger status in Custom settings is TRUE, only then run the entire apex trigger code. Every time you would like to turn off the trigger in production, You just need to go to your custom settings and uncheck the IsActive checkbox for that trigger.
How do I delete a class in destructivechanges.xml?
Replace SomeClass with the name of your class that you wish to delete. If you have two classes that need to be deleted at the same time, you can simply add another row into the file with the name of the other class, for example: Save this file name as destructiveChanges.xml (note the capital ‘C’ in ‘changes’).
Can you delete a class from a sandbox in production?
You cannot delete a class in production directly. You will need delete the class from your sandbox and then deploy the deletions to your production org. When you deploy from sandbox to production, the missing classes will come up in red and you can choose to deploy these deletions to Production.
Can you select and delete classes in Force.com?
Although not really recommended and “at your own risk” the Force.com IDE allows you to select and delete a class in production. You would need to identify dependencies first and this would only work if no dependencies existed. It’s essentially an ANT destructive change on a single file and will trigger all tests to run.