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Get-mailbox asif.a@keyman .com | Where {$_.Name -match "FolderName"} | search-mailbox -searchquery "Subject:'Citrix'" -EstimateResultOnly
The above cmdlet must search only on the specific folder of the MB instead it searches entire MB. I want to search only on the folderName folder
Same thing below the below cmdlet does not deletes content in the specific folder
Get-mailbox asif.a@keyman .com | Where {$_.Name -match "FolderName"} | search-mailbox -searchquery "Subject:'Citrix'" -DeleteContent
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Hi @asif ahamed
Yes, we cannot use Search-Mailbox to search messages on one special mailbox folder.
And the link provided below will be helpful to your requirement, use the script to generate the folder id based on mailbox and folder name input.
Once the ID is generated, you simply follow the same steps you would with any other content search or eDiscovery query, be it via the Security and Compliance Center UI or PowerShell. You can of course combine the folderid keyword with other keywords as needed, but if you want to simply list all items in a particular folder, you can use the following
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Hi @asif ahamed
Any progress about this issue so far? Do you have any other concern about this question?
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Search-Mailbox does just that -- it searches the mailbox.
No , it does not work. My collogue is tried and it is not working
Get-mailbox asif.a@keyman .com | Where {$_.Name -match "FolderName"} | search-mailbox -searchquery "Subject:'Citrix'" -DeleteContent
OnFolderName folder I have only one mail with subject:Citrix but when I execute the the cmdlet and it goes to the entire mb
The Get-Mailbox cmdlet doesn't examine the contents of the mailbox at all! Unless you have a mailbox named "FolderName" the Search-Mailbox will never run at all!
For PowerShell, I think this still applies: searchmailbox-restricted-to-single-subfolder
If you're using M365, you may be able to use this: performing-ediscovery-against-a-specific-folder (and maybe try the "folderid:" keywork in a PowerShell KQL query)/