---
title: "Remove-VBOFederatedAuthenticationAuthority"
description: "This cmdlet removes an external authentication provider."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbo365/powershell/remove-vbofederatedauthenticationauthority.html"
breadcrumb: "PowerShell Reference > Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 PowerShell Reference > External Authentication Providers > Remove-VBOFederatedAuthenticationAuthority"
dateModified: "2026-08-21"
---

# Remove-VBOFederatedAuthenticationAuthority

## Short Description
Removes external authentication providers.

## Syntax
```
Remove-VBOFederatedAuthenticationAuthority -Authority <VBOFederatedAuthenticationAuthority> [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet removes an external authentication provider.

## Parameters

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      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Parameter</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Description</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Type</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Required</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Position</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Accept Pipeline Input</p>
        </th>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Authority</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an external authentication provider. The cmdlet will remove this external authentication provider.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="vbofederatedauthenticationauthority.md"><code>VBOFederatedAuthenticationAuthority</code></a> object.</p><p>To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbofederatedauthenticationauthority.md"><code>Get-VBOFederatedAuthenticationAuthority</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vbofederatedauthenticationauthority.md"><code>VBOFederatedAuthenticationAuthority</code></a></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>

`<CommonParameters>`

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see the [About Common Parameters](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216) section of Microsoft Learn.

## Examples

::: example
### Removing External Authentication Provider

This example shows how to remove an external authentication provider.

```
$authority = Get-VBOFederatedAuthenticationAuthority -Id 8657138e-ca49-4f91-XXXX-a17818eb818e
Remove-VBOFederatedAuthenticationAuthority -Authority $authority
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBOFederatedAuthenticationAuthority`](get-vbofederatedauthenticationauthority.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Id` parameter value. Save the result to the `$authority` variable.
2. Run the `Remove-VBOFederatedAuthenticationAuthority` cmdlet. Set the `$authority` variable as the `Authority` parameter value.

:::

## Related Commands

[`Get-VBOFederatedAuthenticationAuthority`](get-vbofederatedauthenticationauthority.md)