Delete Mail contacts in bulk using Powershell

Question

Hi, I have been trying to delete mail contacts from my organization through Powershell using this cmdlet:

on our Exchange Server 2016 via ' Exchange Management Shell '

Import-Csv C:\contacts.csv | ForEach-Object {Remove-MailContact -Name $_.Name -FirstName $_.FirstName -LastName $_.LastName -DisplayName $_.DisplayName -ExternalEmailAddress $_.ExternalEmailAddress -OrganizationalUnit  <OU>}

However, when run the script I receive error:

A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'Name'.

+ CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Remove-MailContact], ParameterBindingException 

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NamedParameterNotFound,Remove-MailContact 

+ PSComputerName        : lbe-sh-exch-001.lbe.local 

Please assist?

Answer 1

Hi,

The error message indicates that the "Name" parameter is not vaild for the Remove-MailContact cmdlet. You can use the "Identity" parameter which accepts any value that uniquely identifies the mail contact. For example:

• Name
• Alias
• Distinguished name (DN)
• Canonical DN
• Email address
• GUID

Import-Csv C:\contacts.csv | ForEach-Object {Remove-MailContact -Identity $_.Name}

Please refer to below help file for more details.

Remove-MailContact (ExchangePowerShell) | Microsoft Learn

Best Regards,

Ian Xue

Answer 2

This has resolve the issue. Many thanks for you help and swift response! :)

Answer 3

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Best Regards,

Ian Xue