Commands › Exchange Online

Remove-HostedContentFilterPolicy

Exchange Online ExchangeOnlineManagement Remove-*

Remove spam filter policies (content filter policies) from your cloud-based organization. When a policy is removed and there are rules associated with it, the rules are not removed when the policy is removed. This is by design. If you want to remove the associated rules, you need to do this separately via the Remove-HostedContentFilterRule cmdlet.

Quick start script

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

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

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

Syntax

Remove-HostedContentFilterPolicy [-Identity] <HostedContentFilterPolicyIdParameter>
 [-Confirm]
 [-WhatIf]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (3)

Parameter	Type	Required	What it controls
-Identity	HostedContentFilterPolicyIdParameter	yes	The Identity parameter specifies the spam filter policy that you want to remove. You can use any value that uniquely identifies the policy. 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 shows what the command does without making any changes. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.

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