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Remove-ComplianceSearchAction

Exchange Online ExchangeOnlineManagement Remove-*

For more information, see Security & Compliance PowerShell. Use the Remove-ComplianceSearch cmdlet to remove compliance search actions from the Microsoft Purview compliance portal.

Quick start script

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

# 2. Capture the current state first — you cannot roll back what you never recorded
$before = Get-ComplianceSearchAction
$before | Format-List

# 3. Make the change (dry run first)
Remove-ComplianceSearchAction -Identity <ComplianceSearchActionIdParameter> -WhatIf
Remove-ComplianceSearchAction -Identity <ComplianceSearchActionIdParameter>

# 4. Verify and diff
$after = Get-ComplianceSearchAction
Compare-Object ($before | Out-String) ($after | Out-String)

Syntax

Remove-ComplianceSearchAction [-Identity] <ComplianceSearchActionIdParameter>
 [-Confirm]
 [-WhatIf]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (3)

Parameter	Type	Required	What it controls
-Identity	ComplianceSearchActionIdParameter	yes	The Identity parameter specifies the compliance search action that you want to remove. You can use any value that uniquely identifies the compliance search action. 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.
-WhatIf	SwitchParameter		The WhatIf switch doesn't work in Security & Compliance PowerShell.

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