How to delete OOB Announcements list from the SharePoint Site ?
Announcements list template in SharePoint is installed as a feature with feature id 00bfea71-d1ce-42de-9c63-a44004ce0104. If you run the following command, the announcements section will get eloped from "Communications" section
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\BIN>stsdm -o deactivatefeature -id 00bfea71-d1ce-42de-9c63-a44004ce0104 -url "http://brs2r04-16:7000/sites/TestSite"
If you would like to bring it back , then you need to run the command stsadm command with activate feature :-
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\BIN>sts
dm -o deactivatefeature -id 00bfea71-d1ce-42de-9c63-a44004ce0104 -url "http://brs2r04-16:7000/sites/TestSite"
Here are the feature IDs of other List Templates :-
| Libraries | Feature ID | List Template |
| Document Library | 00bfea71-e717-4e80-aa17-d0c71b360101 | 101 |
| Form Library | 00bfea71-1e1d-4562-b56a-f05371bb0115 | 115 |
| Wiki Page Library | 00bfea71-c796-4402-9f2f-0eb9a6e71b18 | 119 |
| Picture Library | 00bfea71-52d4-45b3-b544-b1c71b620109 | 109 |
| Data Connection Library | 00bfea71-dbd7-4f72-b8cb-da7ac0440130 | 130 |
| Translation Management Library | 29d85c25-170c-4df9-a641-12db0b9d4130 | 1300 |
| Slide Library | 0be49fe9-9bc9-409d-abf9-702753bd878d | 2100 |
| Report Library | 2510d73f-7109-4ccc-8a1c-314894deeb3a | 433 |
| Communications | Feature ID | List Template |
| Announcements | 00bfea71-d1ce-42de-9c63-a44004ce0104 | 104 |
| Contacts | 00bfea71-7e6d-4186-9ba8-c047ac750105 | 105 |
| Discussion Board | 00bfea71-6a49-43fa-b535-d15c05500108 | 108 |
| Tracking | Feature ID | List Template |
| Links | 00bfea71-2062-426c-90bf-714c59600103 | 103 |
| Calendar | 00bfea71-ec85-4903-972d-ebe475780106 | 106 |
| Tasks | 00bfea71-a83e-497e-9ba0-7a5c597d0107 | 107 |
| Project Tasks | 00bfea71-513d-4ca0-96c2-6a47775c0119 | 150 |
| Issue tracking | 00bfea71-5932-4f9c-ad71-1557e5751100 | 1100 |
| Survey | 00bfea71-eb8a-40b1-80c7-506be7590102 | 102 |
| Custom Lists | Feature ID | List Template |
| Custom List | 00bfea71-de22-43b2-a848-c05709900100 | 100 |
| Custom List in Datasheet View | 00bfea71-3a1d-41d3-a0ee-651d11570120 | 120 |
| Language and Translators | 29d85c25-170c-4df9-a641-12db0b9d4130 | 1301 |
| KPI List | 065c78be-5231-477e-a972-14177cc5b3c7 | 432 |
| Import Spread Sheet | | |
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