Remove-PnPEntraIDGroupMember

SYNOPSIS

Required Permissions

• Microsoft Graph API : One of Directory.ReadWrite.All, Group.ReadWrite.All, GroupMember.ReadWrite.All

Removes members from a particular Entra ID group. This can be a security, distribution or Microsoft 365 group.

SYNTAX

Remove-PnPEntraIDGroupMember -Identity <EntraIDGroupPipeBind> -Users <String[]>

Remove-PnPEntraIDGroupMember -Identity <EntraIDGroupPipeBind> -MemberObjectId <Guid[]>

DESCRIPTION

Allows to remove members from Entra ID group.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Remove-PnPEntraIDGroupMember -Identity "Project Team" -Users "john@contoso.onmicrosoft.com","jane@contoso.onmicrosoft.com"

Removes the provided two users as members from the Entra ID group named "Project Team"

EXAMPLE 2

# Remove a nested group by its ObjectId
Remove-PnPEntraIDGroupMember -Identity $parentGroupId -MemberObjectId $childGroupId

Removes the group with ObjectId $childGroupId from the group identified by $parentGroupId.

EXAMPLE 3

# Pipeline by property name (Id)
Get-PnPEntraIDGroupMember -Identity $parentGroupId | Where-Object { $_.Id -eq $childGroupId } | Remove-PnPEntraIDGroupMember -Identity $parentGroupId

Pipes a member (group or user) whose Id matches $childGroupId into the cmdlet and removes it.

PARAMETERS

-Identity

The Identity of the Entra ID group to remove members from

Type: EntraIDGroupPipeBind
Parameter Sets: (All)

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Users

The UPN(s) of the user(s) to remove as members from the Entra ID group

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: (All)

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-MemberObjectId

The ObjectId(s) of directory object(s) (Users or Groups) to remove from the Entra ID group. Use this to remove nested groups that do not have a UPN.

Type: Guid[]
Parameter Sets: ByObjectId

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False

RELATED LINKS

Microsoft 365 Patterns and Practices Microsoft Graph documentation