Removing multiple AD groups

What kinds of verification do you need ?

Do you need a prompt to answer Yes or No before completing the step ?


Easy one liner

gc files.txt | % {
get-adgroup -filter 'Name -like $_ | remove-adgroup -whatif
}

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Above will remove without prompting

Alternatively in order to have a clean environment you can also perform the below steps

Query to verify the group exists
Delete all members from the group
Then delete the group from AD

gc files.txt | % {
$gname = $_
Get-ADGroupMember $gname | % {Remove-ADGroupMember $_ $_ -Confirm:$false}
get-adgroup -filter 'Name -like $gname | remove-adgroup 
}

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I don't need a confirmation.  Your second script will work, but...

I tried running the 2nd script, but got this error...

get-adgroup -filter 'Name -like $gname | remove-adgroup}
+                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The string is missing the terminator: '.
At C:\test\deletegroups.ps1:1 char:19
+ gc groups.txt | % {
+                   ~
Missing closing '}' in statement block.
    + CategoryInfo          : ParserError: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : TerminatorExpectedAtEndOfString

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Thanks!

Np happy to help, thanks for helping me jumpstart my brain after the holidays.