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Remove-SettingOverride

Exchange Online ExchangeOnlineManagement Remove-*

**Caution**: Incorrect usage of the setting override cmdlets can cause serious damage to your Exchange organization. This damage could require you to reinstall Exchange. Only use these cmdlets as instructed by product documentation or under the direction of Microsoft Customer Service and Support. Use the Remove-SettingOverride cmdlet to remove setting overrides from Active Directory.

Quick start script

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

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

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

Syntax

Remove-SettingOverride [-Identity] <SettingOverrideIdParameter>
 [-Confirm]
 [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
 [-WhatIf]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (4)

Parameter	Type	Required	What it controls
-Identity	SettingOverrideIdParameter	yes	The Identity parameter specifies the setting override that you want to remove. You can use any value that uniquely identifies the override. 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.
-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...
-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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