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description external help file Module Name ms.date online version schema title
Use this topic to help manage Windows and Windows Server technologies with Windows PowerShell.
MSFT_PrinterPort_v1.0.cdxml-help.xml
PrintManagement
09/20/2021
2.0.0
Remove-PrinterPort

Remove-PrinterPort

SYNOPSIS

Removes the specified printer port from the specified computer.

SYNTAX

Query (cdxml) (Default)

Remove-PrinterPort [-Name] <String[]> [-ComputerName <String>] [-CimSession <CimSession[]>]
 [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>] [-AsJob] [-PassThru] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

InputObject (cdxml)

Remove-PrinterPort -InputObject <CimInstance[]> [-CimSession <CimSession[]>] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>] [-AsJob]
 [-PassThru] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

The Remove-PrinterPort cmdlet removes the specified printer port from the specified computer.

You can remove a printer port by specifying the port name, or you can use a printer object retrieved using Get-PrinterPort.

You can use wildcard characters with Remove-PrinterPort. You can use Remove-PrinterPort in a Windows PowerShell remoting session.

You do not need administrator credentials to run Remove-PrinterPort.

EXAMPLES

Example 1: Remove a specified printer port

Remove-PrinterPort -Name "LocalPort:"

This command removes the printer port named LocalPort: from the computer.

PARAMETERS

-AsJob

Runs the cmdlet as a background job. Use this parameter to run commands that take a long time to complete.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: 

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-CimSession

Runs the cmdlet in a remote session or on a remote computer. Enter a computer name or a session object, such as the output of a New-CimSession or Get-CimSession cmdlet. The default is the current session on the local computer.

Type: CimSession[]
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: Session

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ComputerName

Specifies the name of the computer from which to remove the printer port.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: Query (cdxml)
Aliases: CN

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: cf

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-InputObject

Specifies the input object that is used in a pipeline command.

Type: CimInstance[]
Parameter Sets: InputObject (cdxml)
Aliases: 

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Name

Specifies the name of the printer port to remove.

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: Query (cdxml)
Aliases: 

Required: True
Position: 0
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-PassThru

Returns an object representing the item with which you are working. By default, this cmdlet does not generate any output.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: 

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ThrottleLimit

Specifies the maximum number of concurrent operations that can be established to run the cmdlet. If this parameter is omitted or a value of 0 is entered, then Windows PowerShell® calculates an optimum throttle limit for the cmdlet based on the number of CIM cmdlets that are running on the computer. The throttle limit applies only to the current cmdlet, not to the session or to the computer.

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: 

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-WhatIf

Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: wi

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

System.String[]

Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimInstance[]

OUTPUTS

Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimInstance

Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimInstance#ROOT/StandardCimv2/MSFT_PrinterPort

NOTES

RELATED LINKS

Get-PrinterPort

Add-PrinterPort