Remove-PSDrive
Applies To: Windows PowerShell 2.0
Removes a Windows PowerShell drive from its location.
Syntax
Remove-PSDrive [-LiteralName] <string[]> [-Force] [-PSProvider <string[]>] [-Scope <string>] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [-UseTransaction] [<CommonParameters>]
Remove-PSDrive [-Name] <string[]> [-Force] [-PSProvider <string[]>] [-Scope <string>] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [-UseTransaction] [<CommonParameters>]
Description
The Remove-PSDrive cmdlet deletes Windows PowerShell drives that you created by using New-PSDrive.
Remove-PSDrive cannot delete Windows drives or mapped network drives created by using other methods and it cannot delete the current working drive.
Parameters
-Force
Allows the cmdlet to remove the current Windows PowerShell drive.
Required? |
false |
Position? |
named |
Default Value |
none |
Accept Pipeline Input? |
false |
Accept Wildcard Characters? |
false |
-LiteralName <string[]>
Specifies the name of the Windows PowerShell drive.
The value of LiteralName is used exactly as typed. No characters are interpreted as wildcards. If the name includes escape characters, enclose it in single quotation marks ('). Single quotation marks instruct Windows PowerShell not to interpret any characters as escape sequences.
Required? |
true |
Position? |
1 |
Default Value |
none |
Accept Pipeline Input? |
true (ByPropertyName) |
Accept Wildcard Characters? |
false |
-Name <string[]>
Specifies the names of the Windows PowerShell drives to remove. Do not type a colon (:) after the drive name.
Required? |
true |
Position? |
1 |
Default Value |
none |
Accept Pipeline Input? |
true (ByPropertyName) |
Accept Wildcard Characters? |
false |
-PSProvider <string[]>
Removes all of the Windows PowerShell drives associated with the specified Windows PowerShell provider.
Required? |
false |
Position? |
named |
Default Value |
none |
Accept Pipeline Input? |
true (ByPropertyName) |
Accept Wildcard Characters? |
false |
-Scope <string>
Accepts an index that identifies the scope from which the drive is being removed.
Required? |
false |
Position? |
named |
Default Value |
none |
Accept Pipeline Input? |
true (ByPropertyName) |
Accept Wildcard Characters? |
false |
-Confirm
Prompts you for confirmation before executing the command.
Required? |
false |
Position? |
named |
Default Value |
none |
Accept Pipeline Input? |
false |
Accept Wildcard Characters? |
false |
-WhatIf
Describes what would happen if you executed the command without actually executing the command.
Required? |
false |
Position? |
named |
Default Value |
none |
Accept Pipeline Input? |
false |
Accept Wildcard Characters? |
false |
-UseTransaction
Includes the command in the active transaction. This parameter is valid only when a transaction is in progress. For more information, see about_Transactions.
Required? |
false |
Position? |
named |
Default Value |
none |
Accept Pipeline Input? |
false |
Accept Wildcard Characters? |
false |
<CommonParameters>
This command supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, OutBuffer, OutVariable, WarningAction, and WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.
Inputs and Outputs
The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet. The return type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet returns.
Inputs |
System.Management.Automation.PSDriveInfo You can pipe a drive object to Remove-PSDrive. |
Outputs |
None This cmdlet does not return any output. |
Notes
The Remove-PSDrive cmdlet is designed to work with the data exposed by any provider. To list the providers available in your session, type "Get-PSProvider". For more information, see about_Providers.
Example 1
C:\PS>remove-psdrive -name smp
Description
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This command removes a Windows PowerShell drive named "smp".