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Remove-ContentFilterPhrase

Exchange Online ExchangeOnlineManagement Remove-*

Remove one or all custom words that the Content Filter agent processes.

Quick start script

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

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

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

Syntax — 2 parameter sets

Identity

Remove-ContentFilterPhrase [-Identity] <ContentFilterPhraseIdParameter>
 [-Confirm]
 [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
 [-WhatIf]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Phrase

Remove-ContentFilterPhrase [-Phrase <ContentFilterPhraseIdParameter>]
 [-Confirm]
 [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
 [-WhatIf]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (5)

Parameter	Type	Required	What it controls
-Identity	ContentFilterPhraseIdParameter	yes	The Identity parameter specifies a custom word or phrase to remove. You must enclose the value of the Identity parameter 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.
-DomainController	Fqdn		The DomainController parameter specifies the domain controller that's used by this cmdlet to read data from or write data to Active Directory. You identify the domain controller by its fully qualified domain name...
-Phrase	ContentFilterPhraseIdParameter		The Phrase parameter specifies a custom word or phrase to remove. You must enclose the value of the Phrase parameter in quotation marks (").
-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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