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Remove-ComplianceSecurityFilter

Exchange Online ExchangeOnlineManagement Remove-*

This cmdlet is functional only in Security & Compliance PowerShell. For more information, see Security & Compliance PowerShell. Use the Remove-ComplianceSecurityFilter cmdlet to remove compliance security filters from the Microsoft Purview compliance portal.

Quick start script

# Remove-ComplianceSecurityFilter — 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-ComplianceSecurityFilter
$before | Format-List

# 3. Make the change (dry run first)
Remove-ComplianceSecurityFilter -FilterName <String> -WhatIf
Remove-ComplianceSecurityFilter -FilterName <String>

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

Syntax

Remove-ComplianceSecurityFilter -FilterName <String>
 [-Confirm]
 [-WhatIf]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (3)

Parameter	Type	Required	What it controls
-FilterName	String	yes	The FilterName parameter specifies the name of the compliance security filter that you want to remove. If the value contains spaces, enclose the value in quotation marks (").
-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.

Reference facts derived from Microsoft documentation, © Microsoft, licensed CC BY 4.0; restructured with original guidance by serv365.ai.