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Remove-ThrottlingPolicy

Exchange Online ExchangeOnlineManagement Remove-*

Remove a non-default Microsoft Exchange throttling policy.

Quick start script

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

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

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

Syntax

Remove-ThrottlingPolicy [-Identity] <ThrottlingPolicyIdParameter>
 [-Confirm]
 [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
 [-Force]
 [-WhatIf]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (5)

Parameter	Type	Required	What it controls
-Identity	ThrottlingPolicyIdParameter	yes	The Identity parameter identifies the throttling policy you want to remove. Use the name that matches the name of the policy in Active Directory.
-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...
-Force	SwitchParameter		The Force switch hides warning or confirmation messages. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.
-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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