Delete the group from the site collection using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell

In this blog you will see how to delete the group from the site collection 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:

## Delete the group from the site collection using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell $uri="http://serverName:10736/sites/ECT/_vti_bin/UserGroup.asmx?wsdl" ## $groupName is a string that contains group name to be deleted [String]$groupName ="Group2"; ## Web Service Reference - http://Site/_vti_bin/UserGroup.asmx $usergroupWebServiceReference = New-WebServiceProxy -Uri $uri -UseDefaultCredential $usergroupWebServiceReference.RemoveGroup($groupName)

Using the above script you will able to delete a group from the current site collection.