Syntax error How to delete the Organizational Unit (OU) from the active directory using PowerShell?

How to delete the Organizational Unit (OU) from the active directory using PowerShell?

To delete the OU from the Active Directory using PowerShell, we need to use the command Remove-ADOrganizationUnit

Remove-ADOrganizationalUnit -Identity "OU=LabUsers,DC=Labdomain,DC=Local"

If the OU is protected from the accidental delete, you will receive an Access is Denied error as shown below.

Remove-ADOrganizationalUnit : Access is denied At line:1 char:1 + Remove-ADOrganizationalUnit -Identity "OU=LabUsers,DC=Labdomain,DC=Lo ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (OU=LabUsers,DC=Labdomain,DC=Local:ADOrganizationalUnit) [Remove-ADOrgan izationalUnit], UnauthorizedAccessException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ActiveDirectoryCmdlet:System.UnauthorizedAccessException,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Managem
ent.Commands.RemoveADOrganizationalUnit

So for that, first you need to disable the protected mode using the Set-ADOrganizationalUnit command and then need to run the remove command as shown below.

$ou = "OU=LabUsers,DC=Labdomain,DC=Local" Set-ADOrganizationalUnit -Identity $ou -ProtectedFromAccidentalDeletion $false Remove-ADOrganizationalUnit -Identity $ou -Confirm:$false -Verbose

You need to make sure that there are no child objects that exist otherwise, OU won’t get deleted.

Updated on: 2020-11-20T08:48:05+05:30

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