Remove-EnvironmentPath¶
SYNOPSIS¶
Remove a path from the PATH environment variable.
SYNTAX¶
Remove-EnvironmentPath [[-Scope] <String>] [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>]
DESCRIPTION¶
Remove a path from the PATH environment variable. This command will normalize the path separators.
EXAMPLES¶
EXAMPLE 1¶
Remove-EnvironmentPath -Scope CurrentUser -Path 'C:\Program Files\Git\cmd'
Remove the path 'C:\Program Files\Git\cmd' from the PATH environment variable for the current user.
EXAMPLE 2¶
Remove-EnvironmentPath -Scope AllUsers -Path 'C:\Program Files\Git\cmd'
Remove the path 'C:\Program Files\Git\cmd' from the PATH environment variable for all users.
EXAMPLE 3¶
Remove-EnvironmentPath -Scope CurrentUser -Path 'C:\Program Files\Git\cmd', 'C:\Program Files\Git\bin'
Remove the paths 'C:\Program Files\Git\cmd' and 'C:\Program Files\Git\bin' from the PATH environment variable for the current user.
EXAMPLE 4¶
'C:\Program Files\Git\cmd', 'C:\Program Files\Git\bin' | Remove-EnvironmentPath -Scope CurrentUser
Remove the paths 'C:\Program Files\Git\cmd' and 'C:\Program Files\Git\bin' from the PATH environment variable for the current user.
EXAMPLE 5¶
(Get-EnvironmentPath -Scope AllUsers -AsArray) | where {$_ -like "$env:USERPROFILE*"} | Remove-EnvironmentPath -Scope AllUsers
Remove all paths from the PATH environment variable for all users that start with the current user's profile path.
EXAMPLE 6¶
(Get-EnvironmentPath -Scope CurrentUser -AsArray) |
where {$_ -like "$env:windir*" -or $_ -like "$env:ProgramFiles*" -or $_ -like "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}*"} |
Remove-EnvironmentPath -Scope CurrentUser
Remove all paths from the PATH environment variable for the current user that start with the Windows directory, Program Files directory or Program Files (x86) directory.
PARAMETERS¶
-Scope¶
The scope of the environment variable.
Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: 1
Default value: CurrentUser
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
-WhatIf¶
Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.
Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: wi
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
-Confirm¶
Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: cf
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
-ProgressAction¶
{{ Fill ProgressAction Description }}
Type: ActionPreference
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: proga
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
CommonParameters¶
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.