NAME
    Remove-PSSnapin

SYNOPSIS
    Removes Windows PowerShell snap-ins from the current session.

SYNTAX
    Remove-PSSnapin [-Name] <string[]> [-PassThru] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION
    The Remove-PSSnapin cmdlet removes a Windows PowerShell snap-in from the current session. You can use it to remove snap-ins that you have added to Windows PowerShell, but you cannot use it to remove the snap-ins that are installed with Windows PowerShell.

    After a snap-in is removed from the current session, it is still loaded, but the cmdlets and providers in the snap-in are no longer available in the session.

PARAMETERS
    -Name <string[]>
        Specifies the names of Windows PowerShell snap-ins to remove from the current session. The parameter name (“Name”) is optional, and wildcard characters (*) are permitted in the value.

        Required?                    true
        Position?                    1
        Default value                None
        Accept pipeline input?     true (ByPropertyName)
        Accept wildcard characters? true

    -PassThru [<SwitchParameter>]
        Returns an object representing the snap-in. By default, this cmdlet does not generate any output.

        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value
        Accept pipeline input?     false
        Accept wildcard characters? false

    -Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]
        Prompts you for confirmation before executing the command.

        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value
        Accept pipeline input?     false
        Accept wildcard characters? false

    -WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]
        Describes what would happen if you executed the command without actually executing the command.

        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value
        Accept pipeline input?     false
        Accept wildcard characters? false

    <CommonParameters>
        This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
        ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
        OutBuffer and OutVariable. For more information, type,
        “Get-Help about_CommonParameters“.

INPUTS
    System.Management.Automation.PSSnapInInfo
        You can pipe a snap-in object to Remove-PSSnapin.

OUTPUTS
    None or System.Management.Automation.PSSnapInInfo
        By default, Remove-PSSnapin does not generate any output. However, if you use the PassThru parameter, it generates a System.Management.Automation.PSSnapInInfo object representing the snap-in.

NOTES

        You can also refer to Remove-PSSnapin by its built-in Alias, “rsnp”. For more information, see about_aliases.

        Remove-PSSnapin does not check the version of Windows PowerShell before removing a snap-in from the session. If a snap-in cannot be removed, a warning appears and the command fails.

        Remove-PSSnapin affects only the current session. If you have added an Add-PSSnapin command to your Windows PowerShell profile, you should delete the command to remove the snap-in from future sessions. For instructions, see about_profiles.

    ————————– EXAMPLE 1 ————————–

    C:\PS>Remove-PSSnapin -Name Microsoft.Exchange

    Description
    ———–
    This command removes the Microsoft.Exchange snap-in from the current session. When the command is complete, the cmdlets and providers that the snap-in supported are not available in the session.

    ————————– EXAMPLE 2 ————————–

    C:\PS>Get-PSSnapin smp* | Remove-PSSnapin

    Description
    ———–
    This command removes the Windows PowerShell snap-ins that have names beginning with “smp” from the current session.

    The command uses the Get-PSSnapin cmdlet to get objects representing the snap-ins. The pipeline operator (|) sends the results to the Remove-PSSnapin cmdlet, which removes them from the session. The providers and cmdlets that this snap-in supports are no longer available in the session.

    When you pipe objects to Remove-PSSnapin, the names of the objects are associated with the Name parameter, which accepts objects from the pipeline that have a Name property.

    ————————– EXAMPLE 3 ————————–

    C:\PS>Remove-PSSnapin -Name *event*

    Description
    ———–
    This command removes all Windows PowerShell snap-ins that have names that include “event”. This command specifies the “Name” parameter name, but the parameter name can be omitted because it is optional.

RELATED LINKS
    Online version: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113378
    Add-PSSnapin
    Get-PSSnapin
    about_profiles