Delete one public folder in Exchange 2010
This one is for the pros out there who work with Exchange 2010. I had to help one client delete a single public folder on an Exchange 2010 server because they couldn't figure out how to do it. It was surprisingly not straight-forward.
In the old days, this was simple. Launch the Exchange GUI, find the folder, delete. Unfortunately, most of this generation's server-side products from Microsoft are relying more and more on shell commands. It used to be that admins had a choice of going GUI or command line and both methods would share the same functionality. With the newest line of products, including the latest flavors of Exchange and SharePoint, some functionality is now Shell-only.
Deleting a public folder falls into this category. After a lot of scouring online, I found the commands. I repost them here with hopes that it saves another busy IT pro some time. Enjoy and good luck!
This first example deletes the public folder called "Game Schedule." This command assumes that the Resolved public folder doesn’t have any subfolders.
Remove-PublicFolder -Identity "\Game Schedule"
This example removes the public folder called "Game Schedule" and all its subfolders because the command runs recursively.
Remove-PublicFolder -Identity "\Game Schedule" -Recurse: $True
