PowerShell PKI Module Documentation

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Remove-CertificateTemplate

Synopsis

Removes certificate template from Active Directory.

Syntax

Remove-CertificateTemplate [-Template] <CertificateTemplate> [<CommonParameters>]

Description

Removes certificate template from Active Directory.

Note: in order to remove certificate template objects, you must be granted for Enterprise Admins permissions or delegated permissions on 'Certificate Templates' and 'OID' Active Directory containers.

Parameters

-Template <CertificateTemplate>

Specifies certificate template object to remove. This object can be obtained by running Get-CertificateTemplate command.

Required?	True
Position?	0
Default value
Accept pipeline input?	true (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters?	False

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, InformationAction, InformationVariable,
WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable and OutVariable.
For more information, see about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).

Inputs

PKI.CertificateTemplates.CertificateTemplate

Outputs

None.

Notes

Examples

Example 1

PS C:\> Get-CertificateTemplate "Temp Template" | Remove-CertificateTemplate

Removes certificate template with display name 'TempTemplate' from Active Directory.

Minimum PowerShell version support

Windows PowerShell 3.0

Operating System Support

Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows 8.1
Windows 10
Windows 11
Windows Server 2008 R2 all editions
Windows Server 2012 all editions
Windows Server 2012 R2 all editions
Windows Server 2016 all editions
Windows Server 2019 all editions
Windows Server 2022 all editions