PowerShell Script to delete 100+ local user accounts from 50+ desktops

BailMeOut wrote: »

you can delete local accounts using GPO.

May I know how?

PowerShell:
I have the following code for PS that delete powershell, if I give the computer name. I would like to script to read from an excel sheet and delete user accounts, if this is possible.

Any help?

<#
.SYNOPSIS
Interactive menu that allows a user to connect to a local or remote computer and remove a local profile.
.DESCRIPTION
Presents an interactive menu for user to first make a connection to a remote or local machine. After making connection to the machine,
the user is presented with all of the local profiles and then is asked to make a selection of which profile to delete. This is only valid
on Windows Vista OS and above for clients and Windows 2008 and above for server OS.
.NOTES
Name: Remove-LocalProfile
Author: Boe Prox
DateCreated: 26JAN2011
.LINK
https://boeprox.wordpress.com
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee886409%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
.EXAMPLE
Remove-LocalProfile

Description

---

Presents a text based menu for the user to interactively remove a local profile on local or remote machine.
#>

#Prompt for a computer to connect to
$computer = Read-Host "Please enter a computer name"
#Test network connection before making connection
If ($computer -ne $Env:Computername) {
If (!(Test-Connection -comp $computer -count 1 -quiet)) {
Write-Warning "$computer is not accessible, please try a different computer or verify it is powered on."
Break
}
}
Try {
#Verify that the OS Version is 6.0 and above, otherwise the script will fail
If ((Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $computer Win32_OperatingSystem -ea stop).Version -lt 6.0) {
Write-Warning "The Operating System of the computer is not supported.`nClient: Vista and above`nServer: Windows 2008 and above."
Break
}
}
Catch {
Write-Warning "$($error[0])"
Break
}
Do {
#Gather all of the user profiles on computer
Try {
[array]$users = Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $computer Win32_UserProfile -filter "LocalPath Like 'C:\\Users\\%'" -ea stop
}
Catch {
Write-Warning "$($error[0]) "
Break
}
#Cache the number of users
$num_users = $users.count

Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "User profiles on $($computer):"

#Begin iterating through all of the accounts to display
For ($i=0;$i -lt $num_users; $i++) {
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "$($i): $(($users[$i].localpath).replace('C:\Users\',''))"
}
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "q: Quit"
#Prompt for user to select a profile to remove from computer
Do {
$account = Read-Host "Select a number to delete local profile or 'q' to quit"
#Find out if user selected to quit, otherwise answer is an integer
If ($account -NotLike "q*") {
$account = $account -as [int]
}
}
#Ensure that the selection is a number and within the valid range
Until (($account -lt $num_users -AND $account -match "\d") -OR $account -Like "q*")
If ($account -Like "q*") {
Break
}
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow "Deleting profile: $(($users[$account].localpath).replace('C:\Users\',''))"
#Remove the local profile
($users[$account]).Delete()
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Profile: $(($users[$account].localpath).replace('C:\Users\','')) has been deleted"

#Configure yes choice
$yes = New-Object System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription "&Yes","Remove another profile."

#Configure no choice
$no = New-Object System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription "&No","Quit profile removal"

#Determine Values for Choice
$choice = [System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription[]] @($yes,$no)

#Determine Default Selection
[int]$default = 0

#Present choice option to user
$userchoice = $host.ui.PromptforChoice("","Remove Another Profile?",$choice,$default)
}
#If user selects No, then quit the script
Until ($userchoice -eq 1)

BailMeOut wrote: »

Computer Configuration / Preferences / Control Panel Settings / Local Users and Groups / Delete user

There are around 150+ desktops where local users have top be deleted. I need a way to automate the process via a script, rather than doing it computer by computer.

May I know whether the following code would work?

# Path of the CSV file
$hostdetail = Import-CSV C:\Users\j\Desktop\Test\hosts.csv

$scriptBlock = {
Remove-LocalUser -Name $args[0]
}

ForEach ($item in $hostdetail) {
$hostname = $($item.hostname)
$username = $($item.username)
$computer = $hostname

#Test network connection before making connection and Verify that the OS Version is 6.0 and above
If ((!(Test-Connection -comp $computer -count 1 -quiet)) -Or ((Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $computer Win32_OperatingSystem -ea stop).Version -lt 6.0)) {
Write-Warning "$computer is not accessible or The Operating System of the computer is not supported.`nClient: Vista and above`nServer: Windows 2008 and above."
}
else {
Invoke-Command -ComputerName $computer -ScriptBlock $scriptBlock -ArgumentList $username
}
}