How To Create SharePoint 2013 Custom Group Using Powershell Commands

In this blog I will explain about how to delete Group in SharePoint using Windows PowerShell Command. The function uses the delete() method of a SharePoint RoleAssignments property in an SPWeb to create a SharePoint Group.

Steps

 

Start your Windows PowerShell on your computer.

Right click and select Run as administrator option.

Paste the below script on the PowerShell window and click the enter button.

Check your SharePoint site Feature will activate successfully.

Syntax Explanation

Delete-SPGroup "http://gowtham.sharepoint.com/teams/tutorials" "SharePointOwners"

This example deletes SharePoint group "SharePointOwners" at the given site collection

Code:

Function Delete-SPGroup()
{

[CmdletBinding()]
Param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$SiteURL,
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]$GroupName

)

 #Get the rootweb
 $web = Get-SPWeb $SiteURL

 #group  already exists
  if($Web.SiteGroups[$GroupName] -ne $null)
   {
                        #remove sharepoint group using powershell
                        $web.SiteGroups.Remove($GroupName)
                        $web.Update()

          Write-Host "Group Deleted!"
  }
  else
    {
       Write-Host "Group doesn't Exists!"
    }
     $web.Dispose()
 }
 Delete-SPGroup()