topic Remove a layer from an .mxd in ArcCatalog? in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/remove-a-layer-from-an-mxd-in-arccatalog/m-p/350722#M20077 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I just switched to 10.2 for Desktop about a month ago and we had an SDE server change at just about the same time.&nbsp; One of the issues is that most of the layers on the SDE server were re-named at the same time and the others were just dropped so it is not as easy as a reset data source in all cases.&nbsp; We are not going to buy a Bing map license so I can't get into files that contain that layer anymore either.&nbsp; When an mxd contains something off of our old SDE server or a Bing map it just locks up and will not load.&nbsp; I quit after 30 minutes one day.&nbsp; I know that I can reset the data source for the layers that were on the SDE server, but I can't remove the Bing layer.&nbsp; What I would really like is a tool that would remove any of the layers from an mxd within ArcCatalog.&nbsp; Does anyone know if this is possible?&nbsp; If not is there a work around to remove the Bing layers from old mxd's that contain it without buying a license?&nbsp; Thanks!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:52:06 GMT BradWinters 2013-12-16T20:52:06Z Remove a layer from an .mxd in ArcCatalog? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/remove-a-layer-from-an-mxd-in-arccatalog/m-p/350722#M20077 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I just switched to 10.2 for Desktop about a month ago and we had an SDE server change at just about the same time.&nbsp; One of the issues is that most of the layers on the SDE server were re-named at the same time and the others were just dropped so it is not as easy as a reset data source in all cases.&nbsp; We are not going to buy a Bing map license so I can't get into files that contain that layer anymore either.&nbsp; When an mxd contains something off of our old SDE server or a Bing map it just locks up and will not load.&nbsp; I quit after 30 minutes one day.&nbsp; I know that I can reset the data source for the layers that were on the SDE server, but I can't remove the Bing layer.&nbsp; What I would really like is a tool that would remove any of the layers from an mxd within ArcCatalog.&nbsp; Does anyone know if this is possible?&nbsp; If not is there a work around to remove the Bing layers from old mxd's that contain it without buying a license?&nbsp; Thanks!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:52:06 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/remove-a-layer-from-an-mxd-in-arccatalog/m-p/350722#M20077 BradWinters 2013-12-16T20:52:06Z Re: Remove a layer from an .mxd in ArcCatalog? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/remove-a-layer-from-an-mxd-in-arccatalog/m-p/350723#M20078 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>You can try using Python script. Post your question in </SPAN><A href="http://forums.arcgis.com/forums/117-Python">Python</A><SPAN> forum.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 22 Dec 2013 04:13:10 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/remove-a-layer-from-an-mxd-in-arccatalog/m-p/350723#M20078 NidhinKarthikeyan 2013-12-22T04:13:10Z