Remove-SqlLogin
Removes Login objects from an instance of SQL Server.
Syntax
Remove-SqlLogin
[-LoginName <String[]>]
[-RemoveAssociatedUsers]
[-Force]
[[-Path] <String>]
[-Script]
[-AccessToken <PSObject>]
[-TrustServerCertificate]
[-HostNameInCertificate <String>]
[-Encrypt <String>]
[-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>]
[-WhatIf]
[-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>] Remove-SqlLogin
[-LoginName <String[]>]
[-RemoveAssociatedUsers]
[-Force]
[-InputObject] <Login>
[-Script]
[-AccessToken <PSObject>]
[-TrustServerCertificate]
[-HostNameInCertificate <String>]
[-Encrypt <String>]
[-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>]
[-WhatIf]
[-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>] Remove-SqlLogin
[-LoginName <String[]>]
[-RemoveAssociatedUsers]
[-Force]
[[-ServerInstance] <String[]>]
[-Credential <PSCredential>]
[-ConnectionTimeout <Int32>]
[-Script]
[-AccessToken <PSObject>]
[-TrustServerCertificate]
[-HostNameInCertificate <String>]
[-Encrypt <String>]
[-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>]
[-WhatIf]
[-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>] Description
The Remove-SqlLogin cmdlet removes Login objects form an instance of SQL Server. If you specify the name of the Login object, the cmdlet removes that specific object.
Examples
Example 1: Remove a Login object by name
PS C:\> Get-SqlLogin -ServerInstance "MyServerInstance" -LoginName "Login01" | Remove-SqlLoginThis command gets the Login object named Login01 on the specified instance by using the Get-SqlLogin cmdlet.
The command passes it to the current cmdlet by using the pipeline operator. That cmdlet removes the Login object.
Example 2: Remove objects that match a string
PS C:\> Get-SqlLogin -ServerInstance "MyServerInstance" -LoginName 'Login.*' -Regex | Remove-SqlLogin -RemoveAssociatedUsersThis command gets the Login objects that contain the string Login.* as a regular expression on the specified instance by using Get-SqlLogin.
The command passes it to the current cmdlet. That cmdlet removes the Login objects. The command removes associated users.
Example 3: Remove several Login objects
PS C:\> Remove-Login -ServerInstance "MyServerInstance" -LoginName "login01","login02","login03"This command removes the 3 Login objects named login01, login02, and login03.
Parameters
-AccessToken
The access token used to authenticate to SQL Server, as an alternative to user/password or Windows Authentication.
This can be used, for example, to connect to SQL Azure DB and SQL Azure Managed Instance
using a Service Principal or a Managed Identity.
The parameter to use can be either a string representing the token or a PSAccessToken object as returned by running Get-AzAccessToken -ResourceUrl https://database.windows.net.
This parameter is new in v22 of the module.
| Type: | PSObject |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Confirm
Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Aliases: | cf |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | False |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-ConnectionTimeout
Specifies the number of seconds to wait for a server connection before a time-out failure. The time-out value must be an integer between 0 and 65534. If 0 is specified, connection attempts do not time out.
| Type: | Int32 |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Credential
Specifies a PSCredential object for the connection to SQL Server. To obtain a credential object, use the Get-Credential cmdlet. For more information, type Get-Help Get-Credential.
| Type: | PSCredential |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Encrypt
The encryption type to use when connecting to SQL Server.
This value maps to the Encrypt property SqlConnectionEncryptOption on the SqlConnection object of the Microsoft.Data.SqlClient driver.
In v22 of the module, the default is Optional (for compatibility with v21). In v23+ of the module, the default value will be 'Mandatory', which may create a breaking change for existing scripts.
This parameter is new in v22 of the module.
| Type: | String |
| Accepted values: | Mandatory, Optional, Strict |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Force
Forces the command to run without asking for user confirmation.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-HostNameInCertificate
The host name to be used in validating the SQL Server TLS/SSL certificate. You must pass this parameter if your SQL Server instance is enabled for Force Encryption and you want to connect to an instance using hostname/shortname. If this parameter is omitted then passing the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) to -ServerInstance is necessary to connect to a SQL Server instance enabled for Force Encryption.
This parameter is new in v22 of the module.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-InputObject
Specifies an SQL Server Management Objects (SMO) object that represents the Login object that this cmdlet removes.
| Type: | Login |
| Position: | 1 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-LoginName
Specifies an array of names of Login objects that this cmdlet removes.
Note: The case sensitivity is the same as that of the instance of SQL Server.
| Type: | String[] |
| Aliases: | Name |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Path
Specifies the path of the SQL Server on which this cmdlet runs the operation. The default value is the current working directory.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | 1 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-ProgressAction
Determines how PowerShell responds to progress updates generated by a script, cmdlet, or provider, such as the progress bars generated by the Write-Progress cmdlet. The Write-Progress cmdlet creates progress bars that show a command's status.
| Type: | ActionPreference |
| Aliases: | proga |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-RemoveAssociatedUsers
Indicates that this cmdlet removes the users that are associated with the Login object.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Script
Indicates that this cmdlet returns a Transact-SQL script that performs the task that this cmdlet performs.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-ServerInstance
Specifies the name of an instance of SQL Server.
For the default instance, specify the computer name.
For named instances, use the format ComputerName\InstanceName.
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | 1 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-TrustServerCertificate
Indicates whether the channel will be encrypted while bypassing walking the certificate chain to validate trust.
In v22 of the module, the default is $true (for compatibility with v21). In v23+ of the module, the default value will be '$false', which may create a breaking change for existing scripts.
This parameter is new in v22 of the module.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-WhatIf
Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Aliases: | wi |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | False |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
Inputs
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Login
System.String[]