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Remove-HostedOutboundSpamFilterPolicy

Exchange Online ExchangeOnlineManagement Remove-*

Remove outbound spam 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-HostedOutboundSpamFilterRule cmdlet.

Quick start script

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

# 3. Make the change
Remove-HostedOutboundSpamFilterPolicy -Identity <HostedOutboundSpamFilterPolicyIdParameter>

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

Syntax

Remove-HostedOutboundSpamFilterPolicy [-Identity] <HostedOutboundSpamFilterPolicyIdParameter>
 [-Force]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (2)

Parameter	Type	Required	What it controls
-Identity	HostedOutboundSpamFilterPolicyIdParameter	yes	The Identity parameter specifies the outbound spam filter policy you want to remove. You can use any value that uniquely identifies the policy. For example:
-Force	SwitchParameter		The Force switch hides warning or confirmation messages. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.

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