Remove-ADGroup

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Remove-ADGroup is accessible with the help of addsadministration module. To install addsadministration on your system please refer to this link.

Synopsis

Removes an Active Directory group.

Description

The Remove-ADGroup cmdlet removes an Active Directory group object. You can use this cmdlet to remove security and distribution groups.

The Identity parameter specifies the Active Directory group to remove. You can identify a group by its distinguished name (DN), GUID, security identifier (SID), Security Accounts Manager (SAM) account name, or canonical name. You can also set the Identity parameter to an object variable such as $, or you can pass an object through the pipeline to the Identity parameter. For example, you can use the Get-ADGroup cmdlet to retrieve a group object and then pass the object through the pipeline to the Remove-ADGroup cmdlet.

If the ADGroup is being identified by its DN, the Partition parameter will be automatically determined.

For AD LDS environments, the Partition parameter must be specified except in the following two conditions:

– The cmdlet is run from an Active Directory provider drive.

– A default naming context or partition is defined for the AD LDS environment. To specify a default naming context for an AD LDS environment, set the msDS-defaultNamingContext property of the Active Directory directory service agent (DSA) object (nTDSDSA) for the AD LDS instance.

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 <ADGroup>
    Specifies an Active Directory group object by providing one of the following 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?  false

Syntax

Remove-ADGroup [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [-AuthType <ADAuthType>] [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-Identity] <ADGroup> [-Partition <String>] [-Server <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

Notes
This cmdlet does not work with an Active Directory Snapshot.

————————– EXAMPLE 1 ————————–
C:\PS>remove-adgroup BijuReport

Confirm
Are you sure you want to perform this action?
Performing operation "Remove" on Target "CN=BijuReport,DC=TOSSolution,DC=com".
[Y] Yes  [A] Yes to All  [N] No  [L] No to All  [S] Suspend  [?] Help (default is "Y"):

Remove the group that has samAccountName ‘ BijuReport ‘.

————————– EXAMPLE 2 ————————–
C:\PS>get-adgroup -filter ‘Name -like “Biju*”‘ | remove-adgroup

Confirm
Are you sure you want to perform this action?
Performing operation "Remove" on Target "CN=BijuReport,DC=TOSSolution,DC=com".
[Y] Yes  [A] Yes to All  [N] No  [L] No to All  [S] Suspend  [?] Help (default is "Y"):

Get all groups whose name starts with ‘Biju’ and then remove them.

You can check the Version, CommandType and Source of this cmdlet by giving below command.

Get-Command Remove-ADGroup
Get-Command Remove-ADGroup powershell script command cmdlet

You can also read about
. Add-ADGroupMember
. Get-ADGroup
. Get-ADGroupMember
. New-ADGroup
. Remove-ADGroupMember
. Set-ADGroup

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