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Remove-UnifiedGroupLinks

Exchange Online ExchangeOnlineManagement Remove-*

Remove members, owners, and subscribers from Microsoft 365 Groups in your cloud-based organization. To add members, owners and subscribers, use the Add-UnifiedGroupLinks cmdlet. To modify other properties of Microsoft 365 Groups, use the Set-UnifiedGroup cmdlet. > [!NOTE] > You can't use this cmdlet to modify Microsoft 365 Group members, owners, or subscribers if you connect using certificate based authentication (also known as CBA or app-only authentication for unattended scripts) or Azure managed identity. You can use Microsoft Graph instead. For more information, see Group resource type.

Quick start script

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

# 3. Make the change (dry run first)
Remove-UnifiedGroupLinks -Identity <UnifiedGroupIdParameter> -Links <RecipientIdParameter[]> -LinkType <LinkType> -WhatIf
Remove-UnifiedGroupLinks -Identity <UnifiedGroupIdParameter> -Links <RecipientIdParameter[]> -LinkType <LinkType>

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

Syntax

Remove-UnifiedGroupLinks [-Identity] <UnifiedGroupIdParameter> -Links <RecipientIdParameter[]> -LinkType <LinkType>
 [-Confirm]
 [-WhatIf]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (5)

Parameter	Type	Required	What it controls
-Identity	UnifiedGroupIdParameter	yes	The Identity parameter specifies the Microsoft 365 Group that you want to modify. You can use any value that uniquely identifies the Microsoft 365 Group. For example:
-Links	RecipientIdParameter[]	yes	The Links parameter specifies the recipients to remove from the Microsoft 365 Group. You specify whether these recipients were members, owners, or subscribers by using the LinkType parameter.
-LinkType	LinkType	yes	The LinkType parameter specifies the recipient's role in the Microsoft 365 Group that you want to remove. Valid values are:
-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.

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