Delete user property in SharePoint 2010 using PowerShell

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In this article we will be seeing how to delete a user property in SharePoint 2010 using PowerShell.

Delete User Property in SharePoint 2010

We can delete a user property in SharePoint 2010 from Central Administration.

Go to Central Administration => Application Management => Manage Service Applications => User Profile Service Application.

Click on Manage User Properties

Click on the User property and then click on Delete in the ECB menu. You could see the user property will be deleted successfully.

Automation: Delete user property in SharePoint 2010 using PowerShell

Here we will be seeing how to delete a user property in SharePoint 2010 using PowerShell.

Steps Involved:

Create the input xml file which contains the inputs for deleting user property.
Create ps1 file which contains the script for deleting user property.

DeleteUserProperty.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<DeleteUserProperty>
<SiteURL>http://serverName:8080/</SiteURL>
<Property Name="Sample1" ></Property>
<Property Name="Sample2" ></Property>
<Property Name="Sample3" ></Property>
<Property Name="Sample4" ></Property>
</DeleteUserProperty>

DeleteUserProperty.ps1

#----------------Get the xml file---------------------------------------------------------------

[xml]$xmlData=Get-Content "C:\Users\Desktop\ContentSources\DeletUserProperty.xml"

#----------------Create delete User Property ---------------------------------------------
function DeleteUserProperty()
{
      $site = Get-SPSite $xmlData.DeletUserProperty.SiteURL
      $context = Get-SPServiceContext($site)
      $upcm = New-Object Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.UserProfileConfigManager($context)
      $cm = $upcm.ConnectionManager
      $pdtc = $upcm.GetPropertyDataTypes()
      $ppm = $upcm.ProfilePropertyManager
      $cpm = $ppm.GetCoreProperties()
      $ptpm = $ppm.GetProfileTypeProperties([Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.ProfileType]::User)
      $psm = [Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.ProfileSubTypeManager]::Get($context)
      $ps = $psm.GetProfileSubtype([Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.ProfileSubtypeManager]::GetDefaultProfileName([Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.ProfileType]::User))
      $pspm = $ps.Properties
      $xmlData.DeletUserProperty.Property | ForEach-Object{

          $property = $pspm.GetPropertyByName($_.Name)
        if($property -ne $null)
        {
          Write-Host -f Magenta "Deleting" $_.Name "property ............."
          $cpm.RemovePropertyByName($_.Name)
          Write-Host -f Green $_.Name "property is deleted successfully"
        }
        else
        {
          Write-Host -f Yellow $_.Name "property does not exists"
        }
    }
    }

#----------------Calling the function---------------------------------------------

DeleteUserProperty

Run the Script:

Go to Start.
Click on All Programs.
Click on Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products and then click on SharePoint 2010 Management Shell.
Run the C:\Users\Desktop\ContentSources\DeleteUserProperty.ps1