Remove-AzPolicyDefinition

Removes a policy definition.

Syntax

Remove-AzPolicyDefinition
      -Name <String>
      [-Force]
      [-ApiVersion <String>]
      [-Pre]
      [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
      [-WhatIf]
      [-Confirm]
      [<CommonParameters>]
Remove-AzPolicyDefinition
      -Name <String>
      [-Force]
      -ManagementGroupName <String>
      [-ApiVersion <String>]
      [-Pre]
      [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
      [-WhatIf]
      [-Confirm]
      [<CommonParameters>]
Remove-AzPolicyDefinition
      -Name <String>
      [-Force]
      -SubscriptionId <Guid>
      [-ApiVersion <String>]
      [-Pre]
      [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
      [-WhatIf]
      [-Confirm]
      [<CommonParameters>]
Remove-AzPolicyDefinition
      -Id <String>
      [-Force]
      [-ApiVersion <String>]
      [-Pre]
      [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
      [-WhatIf]
      [-Confirm]
      [<CommonParameters>]
Remove-AzPolicyDefinition
      [-Force]
      -InputObject <PsPolicyDefinition>
      [-ApiVersion <String>]
      [-Pre]
      [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
      [-WhatIf]
      [-Confirm]
      [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Remove-AzPolicyDefinition cmdlet removes a policy definition.

Examples

Example 1: Remove the policy definition by name

Remove-AzPolicyDefinition -Name 'VMPolicyDefinition'

This command removes the specified policy definition.

Example 2: Remove policy definition by resource ID

$PolicyDefinition = Get-AzPolicyDefinition -Name 'VMPolicyDefinition' 
Remove-AzPolicyDefinition -Id $PolicyDefinition.ResourceId -Force

The first command gets a policy definition named VMPolicyDefinition by using the Get-AzPolicyDefinition cmdlet. The command stores it in the $PolicyDefinition variable. The second command removes the policy definition identified by the ResourceId property of $PolicyDefinition.

Parameters

-ApiVersion

Specifies the version of the resource provider API to use. If you do not specify a version, this cmdlet uses the latest available version.

Type:String
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

Type:SwitchParameter
Aliases:cf
Position:Named
Default value:False
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-DefaultProfile

The credentials, account, tenant, and subscription used for communication with azure

Type:IAzureContextContainer
Aliases:AzContext, AzureRmContext, AzureCredential
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Force

Forces the command to run without asking for user confirmation.

Type:SwitchParameter
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Id

Specifies the fully qualified resource ID for the policy definition that this cmdlet removes.

Type:String
Aliases:ResourceId
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-InputObject

The policy definition object to remove that was output from another cmdlet.

Type:PsPolicyDefinition
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-ManagementGroupName

The name of the management group of the policy definition to delete.

Type:String
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Name

Specifies the name of the policy definition that this cmdlet removes.

Type:String
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Pre

Indicates that this cmdlet considers pre-release API versions when it automatically determines which version to use.

Type:SwitchParameter
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-SubscriptionId

The subscription ID of the policy definition to delete.

Type:Nullable<T>[Guid]
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-WhatIf

Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.

Type:SwitchParameter
Aliases:wi
Position:Named
Default value:False
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

Inputs

String

Nullable<T>[[System.Guid, System.Private.CoreLib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e]]

Outputs

Boolean