To delete a publication (snapshot, transactional, or merge)You can delete a publication or specific articles within a publication. All articles in the publication and all Subscribers to the publication are deleted automatically when you delete a publication. Deleting publications or articles does not delete source data or tables.
When you disable a Publisher, all publications, articles, and subscriptions dependent on that Publisher are automatically deleted. You can disable the selected server as a Publisher using the Disable Replication Wizard.
Note The Disable Replication Wizard is designed to disable a Distributor, all Publishers that use the Distributor, and all associated components of replication. The Disable Replication Wizard also allows you to disable the selected server as a Publisher without disabling the Distributor.
To delete a publication (snapshot, transactional, or merge)
To delete a snapshot or transactional publication
To delete a snapshot publication
To delete a transactional publication
To delete a merge publication
Disabling Publishing and Distribution