Remove-ADComputer
Synopsis
Description
The Identity parameter specifies the Active Directory computer to remove. You can identify a computer by its distinguished name Members (DN), GUID, security identifier (SID), or Security Accounts Manager (SAM) account name. You can also set the Identity parameter to a computer object variable, such as $, or you can pass a computer object through the pipeline to the Identity parameter. For example, you can use the Get-ADComputer cmdlet to retrieve a computer object and then pass the object through the pipeline to the Remove-ADComputer cmdlet.
Parameters
-AuthType
Specifies the authentication method to use. Possible values for this parameter include:
Required? false
Position? named
Default value Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.AuthType.Negotiate
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-Credential <PSCredential>
Specifies the user account credentials to use to perform this task. The default credentials are the credentials of the currently logged on user unless the cmdlet is run from an Active Directory PowerShell provider drive. If the cmdlet is run from such a provider drive, the account associated with the drive is the default.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-Identity <ADComputer>
Specifies an Active Directory computer object by providing one of the following property values. The identifier in parentheses is the LDAP display name for the attribute.
Required? true
Position? 1
Default value
Accept pipeline input? True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters? false
-Partition <String>
Specifies the distinguished name of an Active Directory partition. The distinguished name must be one of the naming contexts on the current directory server. The cmdlet searches this partition to find the object defined by the Identity parameter.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-Server <String>
Specifies the Active Directory Domain Services instance to connect to, by providing one of the following values for a corresponding domain name or directory server. The service may be any of the following: Active Directory Lightweight Domain Services, Active Directory Domain Services or Active Directory Snapshot instance.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-Confirm <SwitchParameter>
Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value false
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-WhatIf <SwitchParameter>
Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value false
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? falseSyntax
Remove-ADComputer [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [-AuthType <ADAuthType>] [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-Identity] <ADComputer> [-Partition <String>] [-Server <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
This cmdlet does not work with AD LDS.
C:\PS>Remove-ADComputer -Identity “TOSSolution-SRV4”
Remove one particular computer.
————————– EXAMPLE 2 ————————–
C:\PS>Get-ADComputer -Filter ‘Location -eq “NA/HQ/Building A”‘ | Remove-ADComputer
Confirm
Are you sure you want to perform this action?
Performing operation "Remove" on Target "CN=LabServer-01,CN=Computers,DC=TOSSolution,DC=com".
[Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "Y"): a
C:\PS>Get-ADComputer -Filter ‘Location -eq “NA/HQ/Building A”‘ | Remove-ADComputer -confirm:$false
Remove all computers from a given location and disables the confirm prompt.
C:\PS>Get-ADComputer “TOSSolution-SRV4” | Remove-ADObject -Recursive
Remove a computer and all leaf objects that are located underneath it in the directory. (Note that only a few computer objects create child objects, such as servers running the Clustering service. This example can be useful for removing those objects and any child objects owned by and associated with them.)
Get-Command Remove-ADComputer
. Add-ADComputerServiceAccount
. Get-ADComputer
. Get-ADComputerServiceAccount
. New-ADComputer
. Remove-ADComputerServiceAccount
. Set-ADComputer
