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Clear-TextMessagingAccount

Exchange Online ExchangeOnlineManagement Clear-*

The Clear-TextMessagingAccount cmdlet allows a user to remove the text messaging settings from their own mailbox. An administrator can't use this cmdlet to remove the text messaging settings from another user's mailbox.

Quick start script

# Clear-TextMessagingAccount — quick start (serv365.ai)
# 1. Connect (app-only shown; interactive: omit the certificate parameters)
Connect-ExchangeOnline -CertificateThumbprint $thumb -AppId $appId -Organization $org

# 2. Run and inspect
Clear-TextMessagingAccount -Identity <MailboxIdParameter> | Format-List

# 3. Export for evidence / drift tracking
Clear-TextMessagingAccount | Export-Clixml .\TextMessagingAccount-$(Get-Date -Format yyyyMMdd).xml

Syntax

Clear-TextMessagingAccount [-Identity] <MailboxIdParameter>
 [-Confirm]
 [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
 [-IgnoreDefaultScope]
 [-WhatIf]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (5)

Parameter	Type	Required	What it controls
-Identity	MailboxIdParameter	yes	The Identity parameter specifies the target mailbox. You can any value that uniquely identifies the mailbox. For example:
-Confirm	SwitchParameter		The Confirm switch specifies whether to show or hide the confirmation prompt. How this switch affects the cmdlet depends on whether the cmdlet requires confirmation before proceeding.
-DomainController	Fqdn		This parameter is available only in on-premises Exchange.
-IgnoreDefaultScope	SwitchParameter		The IgnoreDefaultScope switch tells the command to ignore the default recipient scope setting for the Exchange PowerShell session, and to use the entire forest as the scope. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.
-WhatIf	SwitchParameter		The WhatIf switch shows what the command does without making any changes. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.

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