Remove-ADServiceAccount
Synopsis
Description
The Identity parameter specifies the Active Directory MSA to remove. You can identify a MSA by its distinguished name (DN), GUID, security identifier (SID) or security accounts manager (SAM) account name. You can also set the Identity parameter to a MSA object variable, such as $, or you can pass a MSA object through the pipeline to the Identity parameter. For example, you can use the Get-ADServiceAccount cmdlet to retrieve a MSA object and then pass the object through the pipeline to the Remove-ADServiceAccount cmdlet.
Note: Removing the service account is a different operation than uninstalling the service account locally.
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 <ADServiceAccount>
Specifies an Active Directory account 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-ADServiceAccount [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [-AuthType <ADAuthType>] [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-Identity] <ADServiceAccount> [-Partition <String>] [-Server <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
This cmdlet does not work with AD LDS.
C:\PS>Remove-ADServiceAccount -Identity SQL-SRV1
Remove the managed service account named ‘SQL-SRV1’.
C:\PS>Get-ADServiceAccount -Filter {Name -like ‘APP*’} | Remove-ADServiceAccount
Remove all managed service accounts with names that start with ‘APP’.
Get-Command Remove-ADServiceAccount
. Get-ADServiceAccount
. Install-ADServiceAccount
. New-ADServiceAccount
. Set-ADServiceAccount
. Uninstall-ADServiceAccount
