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Remove-VBOEntityData

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Short Description

Removes an organization entity data from a repository.

Syntax

This cmdlet provides the following parameter sets.

Remove organization user data

Remove-VBOEntityData -Repository <VBORepository> -User <VBOUserData> [-Mailbox] [-ArchiveMailbox] [-OneDrive] [-Sites] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

Remove organization group data

Remove-VBOEntityData -Repository <VBORepository> -Group <VBOGroupData> [-Mailbox [<SwitchParameter>]] [-ArchiveMailbox [<SwitchParameter>]] [-OneDrive [<SwitchParameter>]] [-Sites [<SwitchParameter>]] [-GroupMailbox [<SwitchParameter>]] [-GroupSite [<SwitchParameter>]] [-RunAsync [<SwitchParameter>]] [-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]] [-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]] [<CommonParameters>]

Remove organization site data

Remove-VBOEntityData -Repository <VBORepository> -Site <VBOSiteData> [-RunAsync [<SwitchParameter>]] [-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]] [-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet allows to remove the organization entities data.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input	Accept Wildcard Characters
Repository	Specifies the location of the entity backed up data.	True	Named	False	False
User	Specifies the organization user entity.	True	Named	True (ByValue)	False
Mailbox	Indicates that this cmdlet will remove the entity mailbox data.	False	Named	False	False
ArchiveMailbox	Indicates that this cmdlet will remove the entity archive mailbox data.	False	Named	False	False
OneDrive	Indicates that this cmdlet will remove the entity OneDrive data.	False	Named	False	False
Sites	Indicates that this cmdlet will remove the entity sites data.	False	Named	False	False
RunAsync	Indicates that the command returns immediately without waiting for the task to complete.	False	Named	False	False
WhatIf	Specifies whether the cmdlet writes a message that describes the effects of running the cmdlet without actually performing any action.	False	Named	False	False
Confirm	Specifies whether the cmdlet displays a prompt that asks if the user is sure that they want to continue.	False	Named	False	False
Group	Specifies the organization group entity.	True	Named	True (ByValue)	False
GroupMailbox	Indicates that this cmdlet will remove the organization group mailbox data.	False	Named	False	False
GroupSite	Indicates that this cmdlet will remove the organization group site data.	False	Named	False	False
Site	Specifies the organization site entity.	True	Named	True (ByValue)	False

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see Microsoft Docs.

Example 1

This example shows how to remove data of a user with a name "Chuck Brown".

Run Get-VBORepository with a Name parameter to get the repository. Save the result to the $repository variable.
Run Get-VBOEntityData with a Name parameter and a $repository variable. Save result to the $user variable.
Run Remove-VBOEntityData with the $repository and $user variables and Mailbox, ArchiveMailbox, OneDrive and Sites parameters to remove the corresponding data.

$repository = Get-VBORepository -Name "ABC Daily Backup"

$user = Get-VBOEntityData -Type User -Repository $repository -Name "Chuck Brown"

Remove-VBOEntityData -Repository $repository -User $user -Mailbox -ArchiveMailbox -OneDrive -Sites

Example 2

This example shows how to remove data of an organization group with a name "support".

Run Get-VBORepository with a Name parameter to get the source repository. Save the result to the $repository variable.
Run Get-VBOEntityData with a Name parameter and a $repository variable. Save result to the $group variable.
Run Remove-VBOEntityData with the $repository and $group variables and Mailbox, ArchiveMailbox, OneDrive, Sites, GroupMailbox and GroupSite parameters to remove the corresponding data.

$repository = Get-VBORepository -Name "ABC Daily Backup"

$group = Get-VBOEntityData -Type Group -Repository $repository -Name "support"

Remove-VBOEntityData -Repository $repository -Group $group -Mailbox -ArchiveMailbox -OneDrive -Sites -GroupMailbox -GroupSite

Example 3

This example shows how to remove data of an organization site with a name "support".

Run Get-VBORepository with a Name parameter to get the source repository. Save the result to the $repository variable.
Run Get-VBOEntityData with a Name parameter and a $repository variable. Save result to the $site variable.
Run Remove-VBOEntityData with the $repository and $site variables to remove the corresponding data.

$repository = Get-VBORepository -Name "ABC Daily Backup"

$site = Get-VBOEntityData -Type Site -Repository $repository -Name "support"

Remove-VBOEntityData -Repository $repository -Site $site

Related Commands

Get-VBORepository

Get-VBOEntityData