Powershell script. Remove all the local admin users from a CSV

Question

I have a CSV file with all users I want to delete from the administrator local group. So for instance, in one workstation, in the local administrator group has three users (Jose, Mary, Anna) and in the CSV file has Jose and Mary, in the local administrator group after launching the script should be only Anna. I hope I explain properly

I've done this script in PowerShell, but doesn't work.

Import-Csv -path "C:\Temp\Files\Users.csv" | ForEach-Object {Remove-localgroupmember -Identity "Administrators" -Members $_.'Account' -Confirm:$false}

Please anybody helps me??

Answer 1

Hi @FUENTES Jose ,

thanks for the feedback.

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Regards
Andreas Baumgarten

Answer 2

Hi @FUENTES Jose ,

I am wondering what is the reason this error message is showing up ..... 4 days ago the error message dion't show up.
Are you running the script in a 64-bit PowerShell? The cmdlet Remove-LocalGroupMember isn't available in a 32-bit PowerShell:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.localaccounts/?view=powershell-5.1

Which version of Powershell are you running?

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Regards
Andreas Baumgarten

Answer 3

That's right I'm using x86.

Now the error says:
PS C:\Users\jose.fuentes> Remove-LocalGroupMember -Group "Administradores" -Member "pablo.roldan" Confirm:$false
Remove-LocalGroupMember : No se encuentra ningún parámetro de posición que acepte el argumento 'Confirm:False'.
En línea: 1 Carácter: 1
+ Remove-LocalGroupMember -Group "Administradores" -Member "pablo.rolda ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Remove-LocalGroupMember], ParameterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveLocalGroupMemberCommand

PS C:\Users\jose.fuentes> Remove-LocalGroupMember -Group "Administradores" -Member "pablo.roldan" Confirm:$false  
Remove-LocalGroupMember : No se encuentra ningún parámetro de posición que acepte el argumento 'Confirm:False'.  
En línea: 1 Carácter: 1  
+ Remove-LocalGroupMember -Group "Administradores" -Member "pablo.rolda ...  
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Remove-LocalGroupMember], ParameterBindingException  
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveLocalGroupMemberCommand  

Answer 4

No, other error

PS C:\Users\jose.fuentes> Remove-LocalGroupMember -Group "Administradores" -Member "pablo.roldan" -Confirm:$false  
Remove-LocalGroupMember : Acceso denegado.  
En línea: 1 Carácter: 1  
+ Remove-LocalGroupMember -Group "Administradores" -Member "pablo.rolda ...  
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
    + CategoryInfo          : PermissionDenied: (Administradores:String) [Remove-LocalGroupMember], AccessDeniedException  
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : AccessDenied,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveLocalGroupMemberCommand  
  

Answer 5

Any update, please??