Add-in sharepoint deletion

Question

The solution is not a permanent solution. I am able to delete it with the script provided. But i still cannot redeploy my solution from VisualStudio. Is there a way to get this working or do i need to keep deleting it with the script?

I'm trying to deploy a Sharepoint online add-in that i created with visual-studio 2015. After the first deploy i try to deploy it a second time and i'm not able to do this.

I get the error messages:

SharePoint Add-in is in an invalid state and cannot be uninstalled.

When i couldn't uninstall the add-in that way i tried to delete it from the browser "Site content" i could not see the option to do this. Switching to the classic version i got the option. Still i'm not able to delete it.

If i click "Click to retry." it is not able to delete it.

I'm Site Collection Administrators.

What could it be?

Answer 1

To resolve this problem you need to remove your SharePoint Add-In by PowerShell so the following script demonstrate how to Uninstall SharePoint Add-in in SharePoint Online:

Note : You must have SharePoint Online Client Components SDK installed on the system.

[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.SharePoint.Client")
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime")


Function Get-ClientContext([string]$Url,[string]$UserName,[string]$Password)
{
    $SecurePassword = $Password | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force
    $context = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($Url)
    $context.Credentials = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredentials($UserName, $SecurePassword)
    return $context
}


Function Uninstall-AppInstance([Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext]$Context,[Guid]$AppInstanceId)
{
    $appInst = $Context.Web.GetAppInstanceById($AppInstanceId)
    $appInst.Uninstall()
    $context.ExecuteQuery()
 }



$UserName = "jdoe@contoso.onmicrosoft.com"
$Password = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter the password"    
$Url = "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/"
$AppInstanceid = New-Object Guid("XXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX")  #specify App Instance Id here

$context = Get-ClientContext -Url $Url -UserName $UserName -Password $Password
Uninstall-AppInstance -Context $context -AppInstanceId $AppInstanceid
$context.Dispose()

How to get App Instance Id

1. Go to your SharePoint Add-in then try click the ellipses (...) beside the application like image below then click DETAILS :

Once the detail page will be opened, App Instance Id could be grabbed from Url :

/_layouts/15/AppMonitoringDetails.aspx?AppInstanceId=XXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX