Remove-PnPSearchExternalItem

SYNOPSIS

Required Permissions

• Microsoft Graph API : One of ExternalItem.ReadWrite.OwnedBy, ExternalItem.ReadWrite.All as a delegate or application permission

Removes an external item from an external connector in Microsoft Search

SYNTAX

Remove-PnPSearchExternalItem -ItemId <String> -ConnectionId <SearchExternalConnectionPipeBind> [-Verbose] [-Connection <PnPConnection>] 

DESCRIPTION

This cmdlet can be used to remove a specific external item from a Microsoft Search custom connector. The item will be removed from the index and will no longer be available for search results.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Remove-PnPSearchExternalItem -ConnectionId "pnppowershell" -ItemId "12345"

This will remove the external item with the identifier "12345" from the external Microsoft Search index connector named "pnppowershell".

PARAMETERS

-Connection

Optional connection to be used by the cmdlet. Retrieve the value for this parameter by either specifying -ReturnConnection on Connect-PnPOnline or by executing Get-PnPConnection.

Type: PnPConnection
Parameter Sets: (All)
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ItemId

Unique identifier of the external item in Microsoft Search that you wish to remove.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ConnectionId

The Connection ID or connection instance of the custom connector to use. This is the ID that was entered when registering the custom connector and will indicate for which custom connector this external item is being removed from the Microsoft Search index.

Type: SearchExternalConnectionPipeBind
Parameter Sets: (All)
Required: True
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Verbose

When provided, additional debug statements will be shown while executing the cmdlet.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)

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

RELATED LINKS

Microsoft 365 Patterns and Practices Microsoft Graph documentation