How to change the custom document id provider to default document id provider in SharePoint 2010

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In this article we will be seeing how to change the custom document id provider to the default document id provider in SharePoint 2010.

Once the custom document id provider is configured we can change that to the default document id provider using API or powershell script.

Using C# code:

Add the following references.
- Microsoft.SharePoint.dll
- Microsoft.Office.DocumentManagement.dll
Add the following namespaces.
- Using Microsoft.SharePoint;
- Using Microsoft.Office.DocumentManagement;

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using Microsoft.Office.DocumentManagement;

namespace ConsoleApplication
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            SPSite site = new SPSite("http://serverName:20/");
            DocumentId.SetDefaultProvider(site);
            site.Dispose();
        }
    }
}

Using powershell script:

$site = Get-SPSite http://servername:20/
[Microsoft.Office.DocumentManagement.DocumentId]::SetDefaultProvider($site)
$site.Dispose()