title: How can I update our managed solution to remove a custom entity field?
body: <p>We have a problem deploying our CRM solution from our development environment [Dev] to production [Prod] in the following scenario:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Create a new custom field (new_number) on the Account entity in our unmanaged solution in [Dev]</li>
  <li>Export our solution as managed (v1)</li>
  <li>Import managed (v1) into [Prod]</li>
  <li>Delete custom field (new_number) from our unmanaged solution [Dev]</li>
  <li>Export our updated solution as managed (v2)</li>
  <li>Update [Prod] with managed (v2)</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>At this point, the field (new_number) still exists in [Prod]. From what I have read elsewhere, this is by design: the fact that the field is not in the managed (v2) solution would not cause it to be deleted from the default solution in [Prod].</p>
  
  <p><strong>So my question is - how do I remove this field from [Prod]?</strong> </p>
  
  <p>If I try to delete it from the default solution, I get the following:</p>
  
  <p>Managed Properties Error: You cannot complete this action for this component because of the configuration of its managed properties</p>
  
  <p>Any suggestions much appreciated!</p>
  
  <p>We are using CRM 2015 on-premise 7.0.1.129 (DB 7.0.1.129) </p>