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How to clean up all mailboxes on Exchange 2010

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Hi

I have a problem

I need clean up all mailboxes on exchange 2010.

Then, i need recover all emails from a Recovery Data Base and finally export to .PST

I know the cmdlet: Search-Mailbox -Identity "user mailbox" -DeleteContent –Force

But, how do this for all mailboxes?

Can anyone help-me

Tks
- Moved by Jason Johnston [MSFT]Microsoft employee Wednesday, April 20, 2016 8:09 PM Not a development question.
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Hi,

Yes,you can use the command to delete the emails.

Get-Mailbox -ResultSize Unlimited | Search-Mailbox -DeleteContent

To get more detailed steps , you can have a look at the following links:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/a261d958-3a9c-40a5-8e52-368e4cd38a14/exchange-2010-unusual-request-delete-all-emails-from-all-mailboxesperiod?forum=exchange2010

http://terenceluk.blogspot.sg/2012/06/exchange-2010-sp1-or-sp2-powershell.html

Please note: Since the website is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.

Regards,

David
- Edited by David Wang_Moderator Monday, April 25, 2016 2:04 AM
- Proposed as answer by David Wang_Moderator Thursday, April 28, 2016 6:00 AM
- Marked as answer by David Wang_Moderator Thursday, May 5, 2016 8:53 AM
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Hi,

Yes,you can use the command to delete the emails.

Get-Mailbox -ResultSize Unlimited | Search-Mailbox -DeleteContent

To get more detailed steps , you can have a look at the following links:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/a261d958-3a9c-40a5-8e52-368e4cd38a14/exchange-2010-unusual-request-delete-all-emails-from-all-mailboxesperiod?forum=exchange2010

http://terenceluk.blogspot.sg/2012/06/exchange-2010-sp1-or-sp2-powershell.html

Please note: Since the website is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.

Regards,

David
- Edited by David Wang_Moderator Monday, April 25, 2016 2:04 AM
- Proposed as answer by David Wang_Moderator Thursday, April 28, 2016 6:00 AM
- Marked as answer by David Wang_Moderator Thursday, May 5, 2016 8:53 AM
Thursday, April 21, 2016 8:44 AM

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