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Remove All Members from Distribution Group using PowerShell

Is there a way using the "Remove-DistributionGroupMember" command to remove all members from a distribution group instead of having to type in each member?

mrmarkfury

Have you tried this?

Remove-DistributionGroupMember -Identity "Group Name" -Member *

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ASKER

The error I received after trying -Member * is listed below. Thank you for your quick response! Any other suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Remove-DistributionGroupMember : There are multiple recipients matching the ide
ntity "*". Please specify a unique value.
At C:\Documents and Settings\--\Desktop\removedg.ps1:1 char:31
+ remove-distributiongroupmember <<<< -identity "dg72" -member *

mrmarkfury

Apparently that cmdlet only allows for the removal of a unique member. Could you instead run Remove-DistributionGroup to delete the group, and then create a new one using New-DistributionGroup?

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ASKER

I was trying to avoid doing that but it appears that might have to be the solution. This command will be running on a daily basis. I will try it out and let you know! Once again thanks for your quick response!

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ASKER

Mestha,

That worked! Do you know the proper syntax for the [-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]] ? I attempted [-Confirm [A]] -Confirm [A] and -Confirm A and all failed.

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Thank you very much for your help! That worked perfectly!