Removing a Replication Rule

You can set a replication rule as Inactive (refer to the description of the Is Active property) and you can delete a replication rule completely. However, if there are any outstanding Replication Transactions, you cannot delete a rule until they are completed and put into the Transaction Log. If you wish to delete a rule, you can first set it as Inactive, to inhibit the creation of any new replication transactions, wait for any existing transactions using that rule to complete or manually delete them, then delete the replication rule.