Remove-SPEnterpriseSearchComponent Using Powershell In SharePoint 2013

In this blog, you will learn about how to delete the SharePoint search component, using Powershell, and it will be useful for SharePoint Admins.

Steps

1. Open your SharePoint Management Shell.
2. Copy the code given below and paste it there.
3. Run the code given below to delete SharePoint search component.

Code

This is the basic syntax given by Microsoft MSDN.

Remove-SPEnterpriseSearchComponent [-Identity] <SearchComponentPipeBind>
-SearchTopology <SearchTopologyPipeBind>
[-AssignmentCollection <SPAssignmentCollection>]
[-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]]
[-SearchApplication <SearchServiceApplicationPipeBind>]
[-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]]

Exmaple

This is the simple code to perform the operations to remove the search component. Identity -Specifies the identity for a search component.

 

Source code

$SearchServiceApplication = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication
 $Searchtopology = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchTopology -SearchApplication $ssaSearchServiceApplication -Identity 32da59cb-4b32-4de6-8d8d-065388dd201e
 Remove-SPEnterpriseSearchComponent -SearchTopology $Searchtopology -Identity f1642546-b9ae-4096-834f-080da5fba90e

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