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Exchange 2013 - Empty all mailboxes within a database

Hi, I've got 150mailboxes within this database. All the mailboxes are used during a specific period of time per year. By the end of the season, is there a script I can run to empty all the mails in the mailboxes? so when users start again next season there will be no mails left in them.

thanks,

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Adam the 32-bit Aardvark

Actually, if you want to completely purge the mailboxes, you can use MAS' suggestion, but without the -SearchQuery parameter:

Get-Mailbox -database #Database# | Search-Mailbox -deletecontent

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You will be then prompted to confirm the deletion (to skip this confirmation, run the Search-Malbox command with a -Force switch).

For more on deleting content from mailboxes using Search-Mailbox -DeleteContent see: https://www.codetwo.com/admins-blog/how-to-delete-email-from-mailboxes-on-exchange-2016-2013-2010-online/?sts=6651

Hope this helps,
CodeTwo

Nob Y

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Hi Mas and CodeTwo,

Appreciated the help, let me try the scripts.

Cheers,
Nob

Viral Rathod

1)
Search-Mailbox -Identity “April Stewart” -DeleteContent

2)
Export-Mailbox -identity “April Stewart” -DeleteContent

Your account must be a member of the group: “Mailbox Import Export”.

Reference : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd298173.aspx

Nob Y

ASKER

Thanks for the help, the script worked great.