Remove a Windows PowerShell drive from its location (rdr).
Syntax
Remove-PSDrive { [[-name] string[]] | [-literalName] string[] }
[-pSProvider string[]] [-scope string] [-force]
[-whatIf] [-confirm] [CommonParameters]
Key
-name string[]
The PowerShell drive name(s), separate multiple names with commas.
-literalName string[]
The Drive name which will be used exactly as typed.
No characters are interpreted as wildcards. If the name includes escape
characters, enclose it in single quotation marks.
-pSProvider
Remove all of the drives exposed by the specified PowerShell provider.
e.g. FileSystem, Registry or Certificate.
-scope
The scope within which to search for the specified PowerShell drive.
-force
Override restrictions that prevent the command from succeeding, apart
from security settings. e.g. -force will override a files read-only
attribute, but will not change file permissions.
-whatIf
Describe what would happen if you executed the command without
actually executing the command.
-confirm
Prompt for confirmation before executing the command.
CommonParameters:
-Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutVariable.
Examples
Remove a PowerShell drive named S:
PS C:\>remove-psdrive -name s
"Peace is not the absence of war; it is a virtue; a state of mind; a disposition for benevolence,confidence, and justice" - Baruch Spinoza
Related:
Get-PSDrive - Get drive information (DriveInfo)
New-PSDrive - Install a new drive on the machine
Get-Command - Retrieve basic information about a command
Get-Member - Enumerate the properties of an object
Get-Help - Open the help file
Equivalent bash command: umount(8) - detach/unmount a device
