Get-MailboxFolder

Reference

Module:: ExchangePowerShell

Applies to:: Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Exchange Online

This cmdlet is available in on-premises Exchange and in the cloud-based service. Some parameters and settings may be exclusive to one environment or the other.

Use the Get-MailboxFolder cmdlet to view folders in your own mailbox. Administrators can't use this cmdlet to view folders in other mailboxes (the cmdlet is available only from the MyBaseOptions user role).

For information about the parameter sets in the Syntax section below, see Exchange cmdlet syntax.

Syntax

Get-MailboxFolder
   [[-Identity] <MailboxFolderIdParameter>]
   [-GetChildren]
   [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
   [-MailFolderOnly]
   [-ResultSize <Unlimited>]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Get-MailboxFolder
   [[-Identity] <MailboxFolderIdParameter>]
   [-Recurse]
   [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
   [-MailFolderOnly]
   [-ResultSize <Unlimited>]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Description

This command checks that the mailbox specified in the Identity parameter is a valid Exchange mailbox before retrieving the requested folders. The cmdlet returns all folders if the MailFolderOnly switch isn't specified.

You need to be assigned permissions before you can run this cmdlet. Although this topic lists all parameters for the cmdlet, you may not have access to some parameters if they're not included in the permissions assigned to you. To find the permissions required to run any cmdlet or parameter in your organization, see Find the permissions required to run any Exchange cmdlet.

Examples

Example 1

Get-MailboxFolder -Identity :\Inbox | Format List

This example returns detailed information about the Inbox folder in your own mailbox.

Example 2

Get-MailboxFolder

This example returns a summary list of the root folders in your own mailbox.

Example 3

Get-MailboxFolder -GetChildren -MailFolderOnly

This example returns the first level of mail folders in your own mailbox.

Example 4

Get-MailboxFolder -Identity :\Inbox -GetChildren

This example returns information about all the subfolders under Inbox in your own mailbox.

Example 5

Get-MailboxFolder -Identity :\Inbox -Recurse

This example returns a summary list of all levels of folders under Inbox in your own mailbox.

Parameters

-DomainController

This parameter is available only in on-premises Exchange.

The DomainController parameter specifies the domain controller that's used by this cmdlet to read data from or write data to Active Directory. You identify the domain controller by its fully qualified domain name (FQDN). For example, dc01.contoso.com.

Type:	Fqdn
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False
Applies to:	Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019

-GetChildren

The GetChildren switch specifies whether to return only the first level of subfolders under the specified parent folder. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.

You can't use this switch with the Recurse switch.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	True
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False
Applies to:	Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Exchange Online

-Identity

The Identity parameter specifies the mailbox folder that you want to view. The syntax is [MailboxID]:[\ParentFolder][\SubFolder].

You can only run this cmdlet on your own mailbox, so you don't need to (or can't) specify a MailboxID value.

For the value of MailboxID, you can use any value that uniquely identifies the mailbox. For example:

Name
Alias
Distinguished name (DN)
Canonical DN
Domain\Username
Email address
GUID
LegacyExchangeDN
SamAccountName
User ID or user principal name (UPN)

If you don't specify the folder, the command returns information about folders in the root hierarchy of the specified mailbox.

Example values for this parameter are john@contoso.com:, John:\Inbox.

Type:	MailboxFolderIdParameter
Position:	1
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False
Applies to:	Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Exchange Online

-MailFolderOnly

The MailFolderOnly switch specifies whether to return only the mail folders in the specified mailbox. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False
Applies to:	Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Exchange Online

-Recurse

The Recurse switch specifies whether to return the specified parent folder and all of its subfolders. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.

You can't use this switch with the GetChildren switch.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	True
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False
Applies to:	Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Exchange Online

-ResultSize

The ResultSize parameter specifies the maximum number of results to return. If you want to return all requests that match the query, use unlimited for the value of this parameter. The default value is 1000.

Type:	Unlimited
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False
Applies to:	Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, Exchange Online

Inputs

Input types

To see the input types that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Input Type field for a cmdlet is blank, the cmdlet doesn't accept input data.

Outputs

Output types

To see the return types, which are also known as output types, that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Output Type field is blank, the cmdlet doesn't return data.

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