Remove-CMDevice

Removes Configuration Manager client devices.

Parameter Set: SearchByIdMandatory
Remove-CMDevice -DeviceId <String[]> [-Force] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [ <CommonParameters>]

Parameter Set: SearchByNameMandatory
Remove-CMDevice -DeviceName <String[]> [-Force] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [ <CommonParameters>]

Parameter Set: SearchByValueMandatory
Remove-CMDevice -InputObject <IResultObject> [-Force] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [ <CommonParameters>]

The Remove-CMDevice cmdlet removes one or more Microsoft System Center 2012 SP1 Configuration Manager client devices. Do not remove a client if you want to uninstall the client or remove it from a collection.

Removing a device client manually deletes the client record from the Configuration Manager database. Typically, you should not use this action unless it is for troubleshooting scenarios. If you delete the client record and the Configuration Manager client is still installed and communicating with Configuration Manager, Heartbeat Discovery recreates the client record the Configuration Manager database, although the client history and any previous associations are lost.

When you remove a mobile device client that was enrolled by Configuration Manager, this action also revokes the public key infrastructure (PKI) certificate that was issued to the mobile device and this certificate is then rejected by the management point, even if IIS does not check the certificate revocation list (CRL). Certificates on mobile device legacy clients are not revoked when you delete these clients.

Specifies an array of device IDs.

Specifies an array of device names.

Forces the command to run without asking for user confirmation.

Specifies a CMDevice object. To obtain a CMDevice object, use the Get-CMDevice cmdlet.

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see    about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216).

The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.

The output type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.

This command removes the device that has the ID 2097152000.

PS C:\> Remove-CMDevice -DeviceId "2097152000"

This command removes the device named Cmcen-dist02.

PS C:\> Remove-CMDevice -DeviceName "Cmcen-dist02"

Approve-CMDevice

Block-CMDevice

Get-CMDevice

Unblock-CMDevice