Remove a mailbox policy from Exchange Online for Outlook on the web and the new Outlook for Windows
You can remove a mailbox policy from Outlook on the web (formerly known as an Outlook Web App mailbox policy) and the new Outlook for Windows using either the Exchange admin center (EAC) or Exchange Online PowerShell.
Note: Don't remove the built-in mailbox policy named OwaMailboxPolicy-Default.
For additional management tasks related to Outlook on the web mailbox policies, see Outlook on the web mailbox policies.
What do you need to know before you begin?
Estimated time to complete each procedure: 3 minutes.
You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure or procedures. To see what permissions you need, see the "Outlook on the web mailbox policies" entry in the Feature permissions in Exchange Online article.
To open the Exchange admin center (EAC), see Exchange admin center in Exchange Online. To connect to Exchange Online PowerShell, see Connect to Exchange Online PowerShell.
For information about keyboard shortcuts that may apply to the procedures in this article, see Keyboard shortcuts for the Exchange admin center.
Tip
Having problems? Ask for help in the Exchange forums. Visit the forums at Exchange Online or Exchange Online Protection.
Use the EAC to remove a mailbox policy for Outlook on the web and the new Outlook for Windows
In the EAC, go to Permissions > Outlook Web App policies, select the policy that you want to remove, and then click Delete
.In the confirmation window that appears, click Yes to remove the mailbox policy, or click No to cancel.
Use Exchange Online PowerShell to remove a mailbox policy for Outlook on the web and the new Outlook for Windows
To remove a mailbox policy for Outlook on the web and the new Outlook for Windows, use the following syntax:
Remove-OwaMailboxPolicy -Identity "<Policy Name>"
This example removes the mailbox policy named Sales Associates from Outlook on the web and the new Outlook for Windows.
Remove-OwaMailboxPolicy -Identity "Sales Associates"
For detailed syntax and parameter information, see Remove-OwaMailboxPolicy.
How do you know this worked?
To verify that you've successfully removed an Outlook on the web mailbox policy, do any of the following steps:
In the EAC, go to Permissions > Outlook Web App policies and verify the policy is no longer listed.
In Exchange Online PowerShell, run the following command to verify the policy is no longer listed:
Get-OwaMailboxPolicy