exchange 2010 Remove disconnected mailboxes

Hello,

If you would like to remove all the disconnected mailboxes, you will need to do the following on each database that contains disconnected mailboxes:

Run the following commands in EMS:

$Users = Get-MailboxStatistics -Database "<Database Name>" | where-object { $_.DisconnectDate -ne $null } | Select DisplayName,MailboxGuid

$Users | ForEach { Remove-Mailbox -Database "<Database Name>" -StoreMailboxIdentity $_.mailboxGuid -Confirm:$false }

If you just want to delete specific mailboxes, you need to first get the MailboxGuid by running:

Get-MailboxStatistics -Database "<Database Name>" | where-object { $_.DisconnectDate -ne $null } | FL DisplayName, DisconnectDate, MailboxGuid

Once you have the MailboxGuid of the mailbox you want to purge, you would run:

Remove-Mailbox -Database "<Database Name>" -StoreMailboxIdentity <MailboxGuid>
JJ

Do I include the quotes?

Yes but replace <Database Name> with the actual name of the database. The quotes are needed because database names will include spaces.

JJ

Just to be clear it would be "0273334559" Which is the db name the install gave it.

Yes, that would be the database name.

JJ

What did I do wrong? Here is the db info: Mailbox Database 0273334559\MSG

[PS] C:\Windows\system32>$Users = Get-MailboxStatistics -Database "0273334559" | where-object { $_.DisconnectDate -ne $n
ull } | Select DisplayName,MailboxGuid
Mailbox database "0273334559" doesn't exist.
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (0:Int32) [Get-MailboxStatistics], ManagementObjectNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : 898C4182,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.MapiTasks.GetMailboxStatistics

[PS] C:\Windows\system32>

Sorry, you need to put servername\ in from of the database name.

JJ

I tried it both ways, what am I screwing up?


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[PS] C:\Windows\system32>$Users = Get-MailboxStatistics -Database "msg\0273334559" | where-object { $_.DisconnectDate -n
e $null } | Select DisplayName,MailboxGuid
Cannot process argument transformation on parameter 'Database'. Cannot convert value "msg\0273334559" to type "Microsof
t.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.DatabaseIdParameter". Error: "'msg\0273334559' is not a valid value for the identity.
Parameter name: Identity"
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Get-MailboxStatistics], ParameterBindin...mationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentTransformationError,Get-MailboxStatistics

[PS] C:\Windows\system32>$Users = Get-MailboxStatistics -Database "0273334559\MSG" | where-object { $_.DisconnectDate -n
e $null } | Select DisplayName,MailboxGuid
Cannot process argument transformation on parameter 'Database'. Cannot convert value "0273334559\MSG" to type "Microsof
t.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.DatabaseIdParameter". Error: "'0273334559\MSG' is not a valid value for the identity.
Parameter name: Identity"
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Get-MailboxStatistics], ParameterBindin...mationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentTransformationError,Get-MailboxStatistics

[PS] C:\Windows\system32>