Remove all the colleagues for the specified account name using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell

In this blog you will see how to remove all the colleagues 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 all the colleagues for the specified account name using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell $uri="http://serverName:10736/sites/ECT2/_vti_bin/UserProfileService.asmx?wsdl" ## $accountName is a string that contains the account name for which you need to remove all the colleagues [String]$accountName="domainName\accountName" ## Web Service Reference - http://Site/_vti_bin/UserProfileService.asmx $userProfileWebServiceReference = New-WebServiceProxy -Uri $uri -UseDefaultCredential ## Remove all the colleagues for the specified account name $userProfileWebServiceReference.RemoveAllColleagues($accountName)