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Posted on by Alina Fahim

Hi Experts,

Can anyone can guide me if I can update the business central with latest updates ,the existing custom extensions will be removed or not?

Actually I faced this issue last week. My extension was automatically got removed from the environment.

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Chris Net 33 on at

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Hi,

If you update a sandbox environment, then the update will most likely uninstall all your custom extensions.

Updating a production environment will not remove your custom extensions.

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Andrés Arias 4,190 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hello,

I share with you the following link for updates:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/developer/devenv-extension-types-and-scope

If it is a Sandbox, it is possible that if you uninstall the extensions. In production environments, they are not uninstalled.

I hope I can help.

Regards,

Andres

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Ramesh Kumar 7,529 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi,

Extensions in a Sandbox environment are removed with each update, so they need to be re-published after every update

Thanks!

Ramesh

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YUN ZHU 95,729 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi, This is a message that all developers see when publishing from VS Code. . .

Hope the following can give you some hints.

The scope of extensions (Global, PTE, Dev)

https://yzhums.com/11848/

Thanks.

ZHU

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Gerardo Rentería Ga... 25,236 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi, good day
I hope this can help you, and give you some hints.

Solved: How to prevent deletion of an extension during upgrades?

Nilesh Gajjar - Business Central & NAV: Extension uninstalled during Sandbox Upgrade

Best Regards
Gerardo

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Kamal Khakhkhar 1,282 on at

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Hii there,

if you published extension as DEV It will remove with environment update, if you deployed extension as PTE it will Give you warning mails if your extensions are not compatible with next upcoming versions. and then it will remove.

so advice you that publish extension as PTE if possible,.

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Thank You ,

Kamal Khakhkhar

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Sohail Ahmed 11,150 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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If you publish an extension as a DEV type, it will be removed automatically during an environment update. However, if you deploy it as a Per-Tenant Extension (PTE), you’ll receive warning emails if the extension isn’t compatible with upcoming versions, and only then will it be removed.

Recommendation: Always publish your extension as a PTE when possible to avoid unexpected removal.

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Alina Fahim 62 on at

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I already deployed it as a PTE type but it removed from the production. Is there any solution for this?

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