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Deletes objects
from Active Directory.

Syntax

dsrm ObjectDN... [-subtree [-exclude]] [-noprompt] [{-s Server|-d Domain}] 
[-u UserName] [-p {Password|*}] [-c] [-q]

Options

ObjectDN...

The distinguished names of objects to remove from Active Directory.

-subtree [-exclude]

Deletes the specified object and all its children. If
-exclude is used, all children are deleted, but
the parent isn't.

-noprompt

Doesn't prompt for confirmation of each deletion.

{-s Server | -d Domain}

Connects to a specified server or domain to run the command (if
omitted, defaults to domain controller in logon domain).

[-u UserName] [-p {Password | *}]

Credentials for running the command. Specify
UserName as
domain\user or
user@domain. If -p *,
prompts for password.

-c

Reports errors and then continues with next object in argument list
if multiple objects are specified; otherwise, exits upon error.

-q

Runs in quiet mode to suppress standard output of command.

Examples

Delete the child objects within the Customer Support OU in the

mtit.local domain:

dsrm "OU=Customer Support,DC=mtit,DC=local" -subtree -exclude
Are you sure you wish to delete all children of OU=Customer Support,DC=mtit,
DC=local (Y/N)? y
dsrm succeeded:OU=Customer Support,DC=mtit,DC=local

See Also

Active Directory , dsadd,
dsget, dsmod,
dsmove, dsquery,

Groups ,

Users