Remove-PnPEntraIDGroupOwner

SYNOPSIS

Required Permissions

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

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

SYNTAX

Remove-PnPEntraIDGroupOwner -Identity <EntraIDGroupPipeBind> -Users <String[]> [-Verbose]

Remove-PnPEntraIDGroupOwner -Identity <EntraIDGroupPipeBind> -MemberObjectId <Guid[]> [-Verbose]

DESCRIPTION

Allows to remove owners from Entra ID group.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

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

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

EXAMPLE 2

# Remove an owner by ObjectId
Remove-PnPEntraIDGroupOwner -Identity $groupId -MemberObjectId $ownerObjectId

Removes the owner (user or group) with ObjectId $ownerObjectId from the group identified by $groupId.

EXAMPLE 3

# Pipeline by property name (Id)
Get-PnPEntraIDGroupOwner -Identity $groupId | Where-Object { $_.Id -eq $ownerObjectId } | Remove-PnPEntraIDGroupOwner -Identity $groupId

Pipes an owner whose Id matches $ownerObjectId into the cmdlet and removes it.

PARAMETERS

-Identity

The Identity of the Entra ID group to remove owners 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 owners 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 as owners. Use this to remove owners 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