Start The Incremental Crawl In SharePoint 2013 Using PowerShell

In this blog, you will learn how to start the Incremental Crawl in SharePoint using PowerShell.

Steps

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

Code

$SearchServiceApplication = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication -Identity "Search Service Application"
#Get the Local SharePoint sites content source
$ContentSource = $SearchServiceApplication | Get-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlContentSource -Identity "CustomCrwalComponent"
#Check if Crawler is not already running or Idle
if($ContentSource.CrawlState -eq "Idle")
{
   Write-Host "Incremental Crawl Starts..."
   $ContentSource.StartIncrementalCrawl()
}
else
{
   Write-Host " Crawl is already starts!"
   Write-Host "ContentSourceName: ", $ContentSource.Name, " - ", $ContentSource.CrawlStatus
}

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