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As you still need the AD account. Disable is your option 
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Ignore typo error. It is

As you still need the AD account. Disable is your option

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If you can't find the mailbox in the EMC and remove-mailbox tells you the object can't be found, did this user have a mailbox to begin with? Seems like it already doesn't exist?<br />

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If you can't find the mailbox in the EMC and remove-mailbox tells you the object can't be found, did this user have a mailbox to begin with? Seems like it already doesn't exist?


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I have a user, whose mailbox I want to delete. &nbsp;They are still in Active Directory and have an external mail box for their SMTP address and have no need for a mail box on our server. &nbsp;The user is not found in exchange system manager. &nbsp;using delete-mailbox tells me the user isnt listed in active directory. I see the user in AD Users and computers. &nbsp;How can I delete this mailbox and not the user from AD?
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I have a user, whose mailbox I want to delete.  They are still in Active Directory and have an external mail box for their SMTP address and have no need for a mail box on our server.  The user is not found in exchange system manager.  using delete-mailbox tells me the user isnt listed in active directory. I see the user in AD Users and computers.  How can I delete this mailbox and not the user from AD?

Exchange 2010 delete-mailbox

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.

Exchange

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.