Remove-SmbShare

Remove-SmbShare

Deletes the specified Server Message Block (SMB) shares.

Syntax

Parameter Set: InputObject (cdxml)
Remove-SmbShare -InputObject <CimInstance[]> [-AsJob] [-CimSession <CimSession[]> ] [-Force] [-PassThru] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32> ] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [ <CommonParameters>]

Parameter Set: Query
Remove-SmbShare [-Name] <String[]> [[-ScopeName] <String[]> ] [-AsJob] [-CimSession <CimSession[]> ] [-Force] [-PassThru] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32> ] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [ <CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

The Remove-SMBShare cmdlet deletes one or more Server Message Block (SMB) shares.

Removing an SMB share forcibly disconnects all of the existing connections to the share. Use this cmdlet with caution. Clients that are forcibly disconnected from a share will not have an opportunity to flush locally cached data before being disconnected, which may result in data loss. The Get-SmbSession cmdlet may be used to determine if users are connected to a share.

Parameters

-AsJob

-CimSession<CimSession[]>

Runs the cmdlet in a remote session or on a remote computer. Enter a computer name or a session object, such as the output of a New-CimSession or Get-CimSession cmdlet. The default is the current session on the local computer.

-Force

Forces the command to run without asking for user confirmation.

-InputObject<CimInstance[]>

Specifies the input to this cmdlet. You can use this parameter, or you can pipe the input to this cmdlet.

-Name<String[]>

Specifies one or more SMB shares by share name.

-PassThru

Returns an object representing the item with which you are working. By default, this cmdlet does not generate any output.

-ScopeName<String[]>

Specifies the scope of the SMB share to delete.

-ThrottleLimit<Int32>

Specifies the maximum number of concurrent operations that can be established to run the cmdlet. If this parameter is omitted or a value of 0 is entered, then Windows PowerShell® calculates an optimum throttle limit for the cmdlet based on the number of CIM cmdlets that are running on the computer. The throttle limit applies only to the current cmdlet, not to the session or to the computer.

-Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

-WhatIf

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

<CommonParameters>

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).

Inputs

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

• Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimInstance#ROOT/Microsoft/Windows/SMB/MSFT_SmbShare

  The Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimInstance object is a wrapper class that displays Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) objects. The path after the pound sign (#) provides the namespace and class name for the underlying WMI object.

Outputs

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

• Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimInstance#ROOT/Microsoft/Windows/SMB/MSFT_SmbShare

  The Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimInstance object is a wrapper class that displays Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) objects. The path after the pound sign (#) provides the namespace and class name for the underlying WMI object.

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

This example deletes the SMB share named Data.

PS C:\> Remove-SmbShare –Name Data

EXAMPLE 2

This example deletes the SMB share named VMFiles without user confirmation.

PS C:\> Remove-SmbShare -Name VMFiles -ScopeName Contoso-SO -Force

Related topics

Get-SmbShare

New-SmbShare

Set-SmbShare