Hi… Looking for a script to delete all profiles remotely
We want to clear all profiles so the machine can be used for another user. The machines will be offsite
Very new to powershell so any help would be great
Thanks
Dan
Have you searched for “Delete Profiles Powershell”?
The Script is just for local use, Need to delete from a networked machine
You can remove wmi win32_userprofile objects. There’s a group policy to do it too.
Thanks for the answer is there a full script I could copy
The link Rob referenced has your answer:
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_UserProfile –ComputerName CLIENT1,CLIENT2 | where {$.LocalPath.split('')[-1] -eq 'Administrator.CLIENT1'} | foreach {$.Delete()}
To delete all profiles, you will want to modify to something like this so you DONT delete the System Profiles:
Get-WmiObject -ClassName Win32_UserProfile –ComputerName CLIENT1,CLIENT2 | Where-Object {!($.LocalPath -Match 'windows')} | foreach {$.Delete()}
I am thinking that nuking the system profiles might be a bad idea.
You can view all profiles as such:
(Get-WmiObject -ClassName Win32_UserProfile –ComputerName COMPUTER1).LocalPath
Did you try to search for the topic before you started asking?
https://adamtheautomator.com/powershell-delete-user-profile/
Thank you, Script ran without any errors but didn’t delete the profile from c:\
$Computer = Read-Host "Please Enter Computer Name: "
$user = Read-Host "Enter User ID: "
Invoke-Command -ComputerName $computer -ScriptBlock {
param($user)
$localpath = 'c:\users' + $user
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_UserProfile | Where-Object {$_.LocalPath -eq $localpath} |
Remove-WmiObject
} -ArgumentList $user
This seems to work on local machines but not remote any ideas?
I have got this script to work removing 1 profile is there anyway to put exclusions in it so we can wipe all profiles except the built in accounts for example public
$Computer = Read-Host "Please Enter Computer Name: "
$user = Read-Host "Enter User ID: "
Invoke-Command -ComputerName “” -ScriptBlock {
param($user)
$localpath = 'c:\users' + “”
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_UserProfile | Where-Object {$_.LocalPath -eq $localpath} |
Remove-WmiObject
} -ArgumentList $user
So this is nearly exactly what I need, How would I add an option for all profiles rather than deleting 1 by 1
#Prompt for a computer to connect to
$computer = Read-Host “Please enter a computer name”
#Test network connection before making connection
If ($computer -ne $Env:Computername) {
If (!(Test-Connection -comp $computer -count 1 -quiet)) {
Write-Warning “$computer is not accessible, please try a different computer or verify it is powered on.”
Break
}
}
Try {
#Verify that the OS Version is 6.0 and above, otherwise the script will fail
If ((Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $computer Win32_OperatingSystem -ea stop).Version -lt 6.0) {
Write-Warning “The Operating System of the computer is not supported.nClient: Vista and abovenServer: Windows 2008 and above.”
Break
}
}
Catch {
Write-Warning “$($error[0])”
Break
}
Do {
#Gather all of the user profiles on computer
Try {
[array]$users = Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $computer Win32_UserProfile -filter “LocalPath Like ‘C:\Users\%’” -ea stop
}
Catch {
Write-Warning "$($error[0]) "
Break
}
#Cache the number of users
$num_users = $users.count
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green “User profiles on $($computer):”
#Begin iterating through all of the accounts to display
For ($i=0;$i -lt $num_users; $i++) {
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green “$($i): $(($users[$i].localpath).replace(‘C:\Users',’'))”
}
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green “q: Quit”
#Prompt for user to select a profile to remove from computer
Do {
$account = Read-Host “Select a number to delete local profile or ‘q’ to quit”
#Find out if user selected to quit, otherwise answer is an integer
If ($account -NotLike “q*”) {
$account = $account -as [int]
}
}
#Ensure that the selection is a number and within the valid range
Until (($account -lt $num_users -AND $account -match “\d”) -OR $account -Like “q*”)
If ($account -Like “q*”) {
Break
}
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow “Deleting profile: $(($users[$account].localpath).replace(‘C:\Users',’'))”
#Remove the local profile
($users[$account]).Delete()
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green “Profile: $(($users[$account].localpath).replace(‘C:\Users',’')) has been deleted”
#Configure yes choice
$yes = New-Object System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription “&Yes”,“Remove another profile.”
#Configure no choice
$no = New-Object System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription “&No”,“Quit profile removal”
#Determine Values for Choice
$choice = [System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription] @($yes,$no)
#Determine Default Selection
[int]$default = 0
#Present choice option to user
$userchoice = $host.ui.PromptforChoice(“”,“Remove Another Profile?”,$choice,$default)
}
#If user selects No, then quit the script
Until ($userchoice -eq 1)
The filtering can be done more efficiently. First, let’s look at all properities:
PS C:\Users\rasim> Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_UserProfile AppDataRoaming : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Contacts : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Desktop : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Documents : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Downloads : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Favorites : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth HealthStatus : 3 LastAttemptedProfileDownloadTime : LastAttemptedProfileUploadTime : LastBackgroundRegistryUploadTime : LastDownloadTime : LastUploadTime : LastUseTime : 3/4/2020 8:53:56 AM Links : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Loaded : True LocalPath : C:\Users\rasim Music : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Pictures : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth RefCount : RoamingConfigured : False RoamingPath : RoamingPreference : SavedGames : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Searches : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth SID : S-1-5-21-2370741873-3768727752-2996739931-1001 Special : False StartMenu : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Status : 0 Videos : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth PSComputerName : AppDataRoaming : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Contacts : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Desktop : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Documents : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Downloads : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Favorites : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth HealthStatus : 3 LastAttemptedProfileDownloadTime : LastAttemptedProfileUploadTime : LastBackgroundRegistryUploadTime : LastDownloadTime : LastUploadTime : LastUseTime : 3/4/2020 8:53:56 AM Links : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Loaded : True LocalPath : C:\WINDOWS\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService Music : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Pictures : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth RefCount : RoamingConfigured : False RoamingPath : RoamingPreference : SavedGames : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Searches : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth SID : S-1-5-20 Special : True StartMenu : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Status : 0 Videos : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth PSComputerName : AppDataRoaming : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Contacts : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Desktop : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Documents : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Downloads : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Favorites : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth HealthStatus : 3 LastAttemptedProfileDownloadTime : LastAttemptedProfileUploadTime : LastBackgroundRegistryUploadTime : LastDownloadTime : LastUploadTime : LastUseTime : 3/4/2020 8:53:56 AM Links : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Loaded : True LocalPath : C:\WINDOWS\ServiceProfiles\LocalService Music : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Pictures : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth RefCount : RoamingConfigured : False RoamingPath : RoamingPreference : SavedGames : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Searches : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth SID : S-1-5-19 Special : True StartMenu : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Status : 0 Videos : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth PSComputerName : AppDataRoaming : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Contacts : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Desktop : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Documents : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Downloads : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Favorites : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth HealthStatus : 3 LastAttemptedProfileDownloadTime : LastAttemptedProfileUploadTime : LastBackgroundRegistryUploadTime : LastDownloadTime : LastUploadTime : LastUseTime : 3/4/2020 8:53:56 AM Links : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Loaded : True LocalPath : C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile Music : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Pictures : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth RefCount : 1 RoamingConfigured : False RoamingPath : RoamingPreference : SavedGames : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Searches : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth SID : S-1-5-18 Special : True StartMenu : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth Status : 0 Videos : Win32_FolderRedirectionHealth
Next, cleanup the output to see what are relevant filters can be used:
PS C:\Users\rasim> Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_UserProfile | Select LocalPath, Special, Loaded, RoamingConfigured
LocalPath Special Loaded RoamingConfigured --------- ------- ------ ----------------- C:\Users\rasim False True False C:\WINDOWS\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService True True False C:\WINDOWS\ServiceProfiles\LocalService True True False C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile True True False
The output shows the Special or system profiles. Next, you probably should not be deleting profiles that are loaded, being utilized currently. Lastly, you specified it has to be local path, so you want to ensure that it is not a Roaming profile:
PS C:\Users\rasim> Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_UserProfile -Filter "Special <> 'True' and RoamingConfigured = 'False' and LocalPath LIKE '%sim%'" |
Select @{Name='Profile';Expression={($_.LocalPath -split '\\')[-1] }}, LocalPath
Profile LocalPath
------- ---------
rasim C:\Users\rasim
As mentioned above, I would also filter Loaded (e.g. “and Loaded = ‘False’”), but I am using the profile. As you can see everything is filtered and now we can use a calculated expression to just get the profile name. The [-1] represents the UpperBound value, the highest part of the array. To answer your last question,
$profiles = @()
$profiles += Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_UserProfile -Filter "Special <> 'True' and RoamingConfigured = 'False' and LocalPath LIKE '%sim%'" |
Select-Object -Property @{Name='Profile';Expression={($_.LocalPath -split '\\')[-1] }}, LocalPath
$profiles += [pscustomobject]@{Profile='All';LocalPath='All'}
$profiles = $profiles | foreach {$i=0} {$_ | Add-Member Index ($i++) -PassThru}
foreach ($profile in $profiles) {
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green ('{0}) {1}' -f $profile.Index, $profile.Profile)
}
Found the index stuff here, but looks similar to how you were referencing the item to delete in your above post: