Hi,

I am using metadata Api in java code to remove custom fields. I found below code from some blogs and they are mentions it is working code. But it is not working at my end. It always gives me below error.

Object with id:04s900000037qo4AAA is InProgress
Error status code: INVALID_CROSS_REFERENCE_KEY
Error message: In field: members - no CustomField named Custom_Field__c found
Object with id:04s900000037qo4AAA is Error

Below is the code:

    public void deleteCustomField(String fullname) throws Exception
    {
        CustomField customField = new CustomField();
        customField.setFullName(fullname);
        
        UpdateMetadata updateMetadata = new UpdateMetadata();
        updateMetadata.setMetadata(customField);
        updateMetadata.setCurrentName(fullname);
        
        AsyncResult[] asyncResults  = metadataConnection.delete(new Metadata[] {customField});
 
        long waitTimeMilliSecs = ONE_SECOND;
 
        do
        {
            printAsyncResultStatus(asyncResults);
            waitTimeMilliSecs *= 2;
            Thread.sleep(waitTimeMilliSecs);
            asyncResults = metadataConnection.checkStatus(new String[]{asyncResults[0].getId()});
        } while (!asyncResults[0].isDone());
 
        printAsyncResultStatus(asyncResults);
    }

    private void printAsyncResultStatus(AsyncResult[] asyncResults) throws Exception {
        if (asyncResults == null || asyncResults.length == 0 || asyncResults[0] == null) {
            throw new Exception("The object status cannot be retrieved");
        }

        AsyncResult asyncResult = asyncResults[0]; //we are creating only 1 metadata object

        if (asyncResult.getStatusCode() != null) {
            System.out.println("Error status code: " +
                    asyncResult.getStatusCode());
            System.out.println("Error message: " + asyncResult.getMessage());
        }

        System.out.println("Object with id:" + asyncResult.getId() + " is " +
            asyncResult.getState());
    }

Please help me, I want to mass delete custom fields.

Thanks,

Dhaval Panchal