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Remove-CMDeviceCollection

Updated: March 1, 2013

Applies To: System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1

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Remove-CMDeviceCollection

Removes device collections from the Configuration Manager hierarchy.

Syntax

PowerShell

Parameter Set: SearchByIdMandatory
Remove-CMDeviceCollection -CollectionId <String> [-Force] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [ <CommonParameters>]

Parameter Set: SearchByNameMandatory
Remove-CMDeviceCollection -Name <String> [-Force] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [ <CommonParameters>]

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

Detailed Description

The Remove-CMDeviceCollection cmdlet removes device collections from the Configuration Manager hierarchy. You can specify the device collections by their name, Id, or an object that represents the collections.

For more information about collection, see Introduction to Collections in Configuration Manager.

Parameters

-CollectionId<String>

Specifies the Ids of the device collections to remove.

Aliases	none
Required?	true
Position?	named
Default Value	none
Accept Pipeline Input?	True (ByPropertyName)
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

-Force

Specifies whether you want to suppress the confirmation message that Configuration Manager displays to the administrative user before the collections are removed.

Aliases	none
Required?	false
Position?	named
Default Value	none
Accept Pipeline Input?	True (ByPropertyName)
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

-InputObject<IResultObject>

Specifies an object that represents the device collection to remove.

Aliases	none
Required?	true
Position?	named
Default Value	none
Accept Pipeline Input?	True (ByPropertyName)
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

-Name<String>

Specifies the names of the collections to remove.

Aliases	none
Required?	true
Position?	named
Default Value	none
Accept Pipeline Input?	True (ByPropertyName)
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

-Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before executing the command.

Required?	false
Position?	named
Default Value	false
Accept Pipeline Input?	false
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

-WhatIf

Describes what would happen if you executed the command without actually executing the command.

Required?	false
Position?	named
Default Value	false
Accept Pipeline Input?	false
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

Inputs

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

Outputs

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

Examples

This example removes the specified device collection. Before the collection is removed, a message is displayed at the command line to confirm that you want to remove the collection.

PowerShell

PS C:\> Remove-CMDeviceCollection -name "Windows 7"

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