Exchange 2016 - delete messages powershell before date

[tech-man]

Hello

 

Does anyone have a Powershell script to delete all message from a users mailbox and folders before a specified date?

 

Thanks

[djm968]

Search-Mailbox -identity -SearchQuery 'Received<="2012-12-31" AND kind:email' -DeleteContent

[tech-man]

Thanks for that....

 

Will this include sent email's as well?

[djm968]

You will need to change the SearchQuery as below. Be aware, -DeleteContent is a pretty disruptive command and it may be best to test the code by modifying it to log the output first.

 

Search-Mailbox -identity -SearchQuery 'Sent<="2012-12-31" AND kind:email' -DeleteContent

 

 

This code searches the mailbox for messages that cmatch the query and logs the result in the SearchAndDeleteLog folder in the administrator's mailbox. Messages aren't copied to the target mailbox.

 

Search-Mailbox -Identity "mailboxname" -SearchQuery 'Sent<="2012-12-31" AND kind:email' -TargetMailbox "administrator" -TargetFolder "SearchAndDeleteLog" -LogOnly -LogLevel Full

Edited December 10, 2019 by djm968