Office 365, delete emails older than x days from a users mailbox - powershell script

[kennysarmy]

Does anyone have a powerhell script that could delete emails from a users mailbox (In-box only) if they are older than X number of days?

 

Cheers

[djm968]

search-mailbox -identity -searchquery {received:mm/dd/yyyy..mm/dd/yyyy} -deletecontent

[kennysarmy]

search-mailbox -identity -searchquery {received:mm/dd/yyyy..mm/dd/yyyy} -deletecontent

 

Thanks - will that do all folders or just the inbox?

[djm968]

Pretty sure it will do entire mailbox.

[kennysarmy]

Pretty sure it will do entire mailbox.

 

Thanks, I only need to delete the emails from their inbox, so will keep searching for a solution.

[Boredguy]

If it's just from their inbox, you can set a mailbox retention rule to remove mail over X days.

It does not affect items in sub folders from our testing (since we're rolling out 1 year retention policy for staff at the start of the new year)

[djm968]

Thanks, I only need to delete the emails from their inbox, so will keep searching for a solution.

 

Should be use Get-MailboxFolder User:\Inbox to target search to just inbox. I will have a look if I can knock something up when I get 5 mins.