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# Remove-Resource

### Description

The `Remove-Resource` cmdlet deletes an object or objects from the FIM Service. The `ResourceObjects` parameter can be used to pass in an array of resource objects to delete, which will be performed as a single composite request. Note, that if using the pipeline to perform the operation, PowerShell will pass the objects to the cmdlet one at a time, and a composite operation will not be performed.

### Syntax

```
Remove-Resource -ID <object> 
```

```
Remove-Resource -ResourceObjects <PSObject[]> 
```

### Parameters

**ID**

The ID of the object to delete

**ResourceObjects**

One or more ResourceObjects returned from [Get-Resource](/resource-management-powershell/v1.0/usage/cmdlet-reference/get-resource.md) or [Search-Resources](/resource-management-powershell/v1.0/usage/cmdlet-reference/search-resources.md) to delete

### Examples

```powershell
# Delete a resource by its object ID
Remove-Resource -ID 4107f14e-e73d-479c-87bd-5293d314a260

# Get a Person using its AccountName attribute, and delete it
Get-Resource -ObjectType Person -AttributeName AccountName -AttributeValue testuser | Remove-Resource

# Delete all email templates one at a time
Search-Resources -Xpath "/EmailTemplate" | Remove-Resource

# Delete all email templates as a composite operation
$resources = Search-Resources -Xpath "/EmailTemplate"
Remove-Resource $resources
```


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