Remove-ADOrganizationalUnit
Synopsis
Description
The Identity parameter specifies the organizational unit to remove. You can identify an organizational unit by its distinguished name (DN) or GUID. You can also set the parameter to an organizational unit object variable, such as $ or you can pass an object through the pipeline to the Identity parameter. For example, you can use the Get-ADOrganizationalUnit cmdlet to retrieve the object and then pass the object through the pipeline to the Remove-ADOrganizationalUnit cmdlet.
If the object you specify to remove has child objects, you must specify the Recursive parameter.
If the ProtectedFromAccidentalDeletion property of the organizational unit object is set to true, the cmdlet returns a terminating error.
-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 <ADOrganizationalUnit>
Specifies the identity of an Active Directory organizational unit object. The parameter accepts the following identity formats. The identifier in parentheses is the LDAP display name for the attribute that contains the identity.
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
-Recursive <SwitchParameter>
Specifies that the cmdlet remove the organizational unit and any child items it contains. You must specify this parameter to remove an organizational unit (OU) that is not empty.
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-ADOrganizationalUnit [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [-AuthType <ADAuthType>] [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-Identity] <ADOrganizationalUnit> [-Partition <String>] [-Recursive] [-Server <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
This cmdlet does not work with an Active Directory Snapshot.
C:\PS>Remove-ADOrganizationalUnit -Identity “OU=Accounting,DC=TOSSolution,DC=COM” -Recursive
Are you sure you want to remove the item and all its children?
Performing recursive remove on Target: 'OU=Accounting,DC=TOSSolution,DC=com'.
[Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help
(default is "Y"):y
C:\PS>Remove-ADOrganizationalUnit -Identity “28d848s7-2c14-48b8-ad8a-2685dc22e055” -confirm:$false
Removes an OrganizationalUnit using it’s objectGUID as the Identity while suppressing the confirmation prompt.
C:\PS>Remove-ADOrganizationalUnit -Identity “OU=Accounting,DC=TOSSolution,DC=COM”
Confirm
Are you sure you want to perform this action?
Performing operation "Remove" on Target "OU=Accounting,DC=TOSSolution,DC=com".
[Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help
(default is "Y"):y
C:\PS>Remove-ADOrganizationalUnit -Identity “OU=Managed,DC=AppNC” -server “TOSSolution-SRV1:60000” -confirm:$false
Removes an OrganizationalUnit from an LDS instance.
Get-Command Remove-ADOrganizationalUnit
. Get-ADOrganizationalUnit
. New-ADOrganizationalUnit
. Set-ADOrganizationalUnit
