March 24, 2018
| by
iaur
| posted as
Adminstration, Microsoft 365
Scenario
- You want to delete user using PowerShell
- You want to purge delete user from the recycle bin
Steps
- Connect to MSOL using PowerShell
- Run below command as desired
| Remove-MsolUser -UserPrincipalName ‘DemoUser5@Priasoft.mail.onmicrosoft.com’ -RemoveFromRecycleBin |
This cmdlet will delete user and purge it from the recycle bin. Replace DemoUser with the UPN of your target user| Get-Msoluser -ReturnDeletedUser |fl |
This cmdlet will display ALL users that are on the recycle bin| Get-Msoluser -ReturnDeletedUser |select UserPrincipalName |
This cmdlet will sort ALL soft-deleted users by UPN| Get-Msoluser -ReturnDeletedUser | Remove-MsolUser -RemoveFromRecycleBin -Force |
This cmdlet will force delete ALL users found in the recycle bin
Force delete DirSynced User
| Get-msoluser -UserPrincipalName ‘ron@faceresionem.onmicrosoft.com’ | Remove-MsolUser -Force | Remove-MsolUser -RemoveFromRecycleBin |
example user is ron
