Remove-ADUser
Synopsis
Description
The Identity parameter specifies the Active Directory user to remove. You can identify a user 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 user object variable, such as $, or you can pass a user object through the pipeline to the Identity parameter. For example, you can use the Get-ADUser cmdlet to retrieve a user object and then pass the object through the pipeline to the Remove-ADUser cmdlet.
If the ADUser is being identified by its DN, the Partition parameter will be automatically determined.
-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 <ADUser>
Specifies an Active Directory user 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-ADUser [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [-AuthType <ADAuthType>] [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-Identity] <ADUser> [-Partition <String>] [-Server <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
This cmdlet does not work with an Active Directory Snapshot.
C:\PS>Remove-ADUser -Identity VirenderJain
Remove the user with samAccountName ‘VirenderJain’.
C:\PS>Search-ADAccount -AccountDisabled | where {$_.ObjectClass -eq ‘user’} | Remove-ADUser
Search for any users that have disabled accounts and remove them.
C:\PS>Remove-ADUser -Identity “CN=Virender Jain,OU=Finance,OU=UserAccounts,DC=TOSSolution,DC=COM”
Remove the user with DistinguishedName ‘CN=Virender Jain,OU=Finance,OU=UserAccounts,DC=TOSSolution,DC=COM’.
C:\PS>Get-ADUser “cn=VirenderJain,dc=appnc” -Server Lds.TOSSolution.com:50000 | Remove-ADUser
Get the user with DistinguishedName ‘cn=VirenderJain,dc=appnc’ from the AD LDS instance and remove it.
Get-Command Remove-ADUser
. Get-ADUser
. New-ADUser
. Set-ADUser
