Delete Add-In when installing another Add-In

[TomGeo]

I would like to know if I can use DAML to

• check if a specific Add-In exists in AGP
• if it does exist, if there is the possibility to delete it

I wrote an Add-In that is replacing two earlier Add-Ins I wrote and I would like to delete the two earlier Add-Ins on a customers AGP if they are installed.

Is that possible during the installation process of the new Add-In?

[GKmieliauskas]

Hi,

If you know old add-ins GUID's you can remove their folders from This PC > Documents > ArcGIS > AddIns > ArcGISPro folder.

  <AddInInfo id="{997969c2-c517-4481-af7e-dbdb0e20399c}" version="1.0" desktopVersion="2.0.0">
    <Name>Custom Pop-up Tool</Name>
    <Description>Show a custom pop-up.</Description>
    <Image>Images\AddinDesktop32.png</Image>
    <Author>ArcGIS Pro SDK Team, arcgisprosdk@esri.com</Author>
    <Company>esri, http://www.esri.com</Company>
    <Date>9/28/2015</Date>
    <Subject>Map-Exploration</Subject>
  </AddInInfo>

[TomGeo]

I know the GUIDs. However, that does not sound like this is something I can build into to installation routine of the new Add-In.

I am looking for some functionality similar to dependencies of one Add-In to another Add-In, or using the DAML to remove buttons in the UI... just to delete a whole Add-In.

[GKmieliauskas]

You can build simple bat file with OS commands or code executable using c#.

Another way is to use configuration instead of add-in. It could remove add-in commands/tools from ArcGIS Pro UI. Check configuration samples on Esri Community samples git.

[Wolf · Accepted solution]

You can use this method to iterate through all add-ins and find your old add-ins, then use FullPath to delete the add-in (will disappear after ArcGIS Pro restarts):  GetAddInInfos Method—ArcGIS Pro

Needless to say, this only works if the user has permissions to delete the add-in.

You can also look at this sample code which deletes add-ins: Esri/arcgis-pro-sdk-community-samples: ArcGIS Pro SDK for Microsoft .NET Framework Community Samples...

[TomGeo]

Thank you Wolf, that's a clean solution.

[BillSmith]

Wishful thinking.  As ancient and limited as shapefiles are, they will never go away. ❤️