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Remove a Distribution Group Member

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Applies to: Exchange Server 2010

You can remove members from a distribution group by using the EMC or the Shell.

Looking for other management tasks related to distribution groups? Check out Managing Distribution Groups.

Use the EMC to remove a member from a distribution group

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Distribution groups" entry in the Mailbox Permissions topic.

  1. In the console tree, navigate to Recipient Configuration > Distribution Group.
  2. In the result pane, select the distribution group from which you want to remove a recipient.
  3. In the action pane, under the distribution group name, click Properties.
  4. In <Distribution Group> Properties, on the Members tab, click the recipient you want to remove, and then click Remove icon.
  5. Click OK.

Use the Shell to remove a member from a distribution group

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Distribution groups" entry in the Mailbox Permissions topic.

This example removes the user adam@contoso.com from the distribution group Marketing Managers.

Remove-DistributionGroupMember -Identity "Marketing Managers" -Member adam@contoso.com

When prompted, type Y to confirm the removal.

For detailed syntax and parameter information, see Remove-DistributionGroupMember.