Remove a link for the specified account name using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell

Steps Involved:

1. Open SharePoint 2010 Management Shell by going to Start | All Programs | SharePoint | Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products | SharePoint 2010 Management Shell (Run as Administrator).
2. Run the following script.

Powershell Script:

##Remove a link for the specified account name using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell $uri="http://serverName:10736/sites/ECT2/_vti_bin/UserProfileService.asmx?wsdl" ## $accountName is a string that contains the account name for which you need to remove a link [String]$accountName="domainName\userName" ## $accountName is a int that contains the unique ID for the link to remove [Int]$id=7 ## Web Service Reference - http://Site/_vti_bin/UserProfileService.asmx $userProfileWebServiceReference = New-WebServiceProxy -Uri $uri -UseDefaultCredential ## To get the user link id please refer the commented script # $QuickLinkData=$userProfileWebServiceReference.GetUserLinks($accountName) # foreach($link in $QuickLinkData) # { # Write-host -ForegroundColor Green $link.Name # Write-host -ForegroundColor Green $link.Id # } ## Remove the link $userProfileWebServiceReference.RemoveLink($accountName,$id)