Unlist a package from Nuget with all it's history versions - visual-studio-2010

Question

I'm looking for a simple solution, on how to Unlist (delete) a package from Nuget library with all of it's versions.
I'm asking this, because manually I can do this 1 version at a time for 1 package. And I have lots of packages with ~20+ versions each ..
Please help.

Answer 1

I know this is old, but the nuget "delete" command is still not implemented, so I needed a solution. Perhaps someone can still benefit from this. I created a Command-line program and added the Nuget package Headless. Then, the code is:
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
List<PostEntry> parameters = new List<PostEntry>();
using (var browser = new Browser())
{
var loginPage = browser.GoTo<LoginPage>();
parameters.Clear();
parameters.Add(new PostEntry("SignIn.UserNameOrEmail", "yournugetusername"));
parameters.Add(new PostEntry("SignIn.Password", "yournugetpassword"));
parameters.Add(new PostEntry("ReturnUrl", "/"));
parameters.Add(new PostEntry("LinkingAccount", "false"));
parameters.Add(new PostEntry("__RequestVerificationToken", loginPage.Find<HtmlElement>().ById("signIn").Find<HtmlInput>().ByName("__RequestVerificationToken").Value));
browser.PostTo(parameters, new Uri("https://www.nuget.org/users/account/SignIn"));
Console.WriteLine("logged in");
var cont = true;
while (cont)
{
var packagesPage = browser.GoTo<PackagesPage>();
Console.WriteLine("at packages page");
var links = packagesPage.Find<HtmlElement>()
.ById("published")
.Find<HtmlLink>()
.AllByPredicate(o => o.GetAttribute("title") == "Delete"
&& (o.Href.Contains("/IdOfPackageIWantToDelete/")
|| o.Href.Contains("/IdOfAnotherPackageIWantToDelete/")));
cont = links.Count() >= 1;
if (links.Any())
{
var htmlLink = links.First();
var linkPage = htmlLink.Href;
Console.WriteLine(linkPage);
var deletePackagePage = htmlLink.Click();
parameters.Clear();
parameters.Add(new PostEntry("Listed", "false"));
parameters.Add(new PostEntry("__RequestVerificationToken", deletePackagePage.Find<HtmlElement>().ById("body").Find<HtmlInput>().ByName("__RequestVerificationToken").Value));
browser.PostTo(parameters, new Uri("https://www.nuget.org" + linkPage));
Console.WriteLine("delete submitted");
}
}
}
Console.WriteLine("Hit any key to quit");
Console.ReadKey();
}
public class LoginPage : HtmlPage
{
public override Uri TargetLocation
{
get { return new Uri("https://www.nuget.org/users/account/LogOn?returnUrl=%2F"); }
}
}
public class PackagesPage : HtmlPage
{
public override Uri TargetLocation
{
get { return new Uri("https://www.nuget.org/account/Packages"); }
}
}
}
It will take a little while to run, but it does the trick.

Answer 2

You could write a batch script to call nuget delete, iterating over all your packages - see http://docs.nuget.org/docs/reference/command-line-reference#Delete_Command
e.g.
nuget delete MyPackage 1.1 -NoPrompt
nuget delete MyPackage 1.2 -NoPrompt
etc. Pretty straightforward with grep or a search/replace in a text editor.

Answer 3

You can do this with PowerShell, here is a function:
function Remove-AllNuGetPackageVersions($PackageId, $ApiKey)
{
$lower = $PackageId.ToLowerInvariant();
$json = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://api.nuget.org/v3-flatcontainer/$lower/index.json" | ConvertFrom-Json
foreach($version in $json.versions)
{
Write-Host "Unlisting $PackageId, Ver $version"
Invoke-Expression "nuget delete $PackageId $version $ApiKey -source https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json -NonInteractive"
}
}

Answer 4

If you are hosting your own nuget gallery, you could execute the following SQL query against the nuget database:
select 'nuget delete ' + pr.Id + ' ' + p.Version + ' {ApiKey} -source {Source} -noninteractive' from Packages p
join PackageRegistrations pr
on p.PackageRegistrationKey = pr.[Key]
where pr.Id = '{PackageId}' AND
p.Listed = 1
Replace {ApiKey}, {Source} and {PackageId} with your own values, I then placed the results in a batch file adjacent to nuget.exe and executed.

Answer 5

You can use a combination of tools by creating a simple console application.
Create a new Console application and install the package "Nuget.Core".
Add the following method to get a list of all package versions:
private static IEnumerable<IPackage> GetListedPackages(string packageID)
{
var repo = PackageRepositoryFactory.Default.CreateRepository("https://packages.nuget.org/api/v2");
var packages = from package in repo.FindPackagesById(packageID)
where package.IsListed()
select package;
return packages;
}
Then copy nuget.exe from the ".nuget" folder in one of your projects into the console application project (add it in the solution explorer and make sure that it's copied to the output directory)
Next create a new method which uses nuget.exe to unlist the package version:
private static string UnlistPackage(IPackage package, string apiKey)
{
var arguments = $"delete {package.Id} {package.Version} -ApiKey {apiKey} -NonInteractive";
var psi = new ProcessStartInfo("nuget.exe", arguments)
{
RedirectStandardOutput = true,
WorkingDirectory = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory,
UseShellExecute = false
};
var process = Process.Start(psi);
process.WaitForExit();
return process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
}
Finally change Main method so it gets a list and removes all versions:
private static void Main(string[] args)
{
var packageID = "yourPackageName";
var apiKey = "yourKeyFromNugetOrg";
var packages = GetListedPackages(packageID);
foreach (var package in packages)
{
Console.WriteLine("Unlisting package " + package);
var output = UnlistPackage(package, apiKey);
Console.WriteLine(output);
}
Console.Write("Completed. Press ENTER to quit.");
Console.ReadLine();
}
source: http://blog.gauffin.org/2016/09/how-to-remove-a-package-from-nuget-org/