Deleting a GPO

This recipe shows you how to delete a GPO . As part of this recipe, any GPO links that are present are first deleted to make sure that no stale references occur.

Getting ready

To delete a GPO, log into a system with the Group Policy Management Console installed with an account that is one:

• A member of the Domain Admins group
• The current owner of the GPO
• Delegated the Edit settings, delete and modify security permission on the GPO

How to do it...

There are two ways to delete a GPO:

• Using the Group Policy Management Console
• Using Windows PowerShell

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