{"id":101531,"date":"2023-11-27T03:49:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T08:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/?post_type=support&#038;p=101531"},"modified":"2024-01-11T13:14:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T18:14:46","slug":"remove-inactive-devices-via-powershell","status":"publish","type":"support","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/support\/remove-inactive-devices-via-powershell","title":{"rendered":"Remove Inactive Devices via PowerShell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If your organization has a high number of inactive devices in JumpCloud, you can use the JumpCloud PowerShell Module to execute a clean up script and remove all inactive devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-notification-card-wysiwyg notification-card important\"><div class=\"notification-card-content\"><div class=\"notification-card-icon\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/jumpcloud\/assets\/images\/gutenberg-blocks\/important-icon.png\" \/><\/p><\/div><div class=\"notification-card-copy is-type-body-default\"><div><strong class=\"notification-card-type\">Important:<\/strong> \n<p>The following steps require the JumpCloud PowerShell Module installed on your device. To download and install the JumpCloud PowerShell Module, see <a href=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/support\/install-the-jumpcloud-powershell-module#installing-the-powershell-module\">Install the JumpCloud PowerShell Module<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Connecting-to-your-Organization-via-PowerShell\">Connecting to Your Organization via PowerShell<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Before running any commands, you&#8217;ll first need to connect to the JumpCloud PowerShell Module. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\">\n<li>Open<strong> Windows PowerShell<\/strong> on your device and execute the following command: <code>Connect-JCOnline<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter the API key of your JumpCloud account. To gather your API key, see <a href=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/support\/jumpcloud-apis#accessing-your-api-key\">Accessing Your API Key<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once you enter the API key, the JumpCloud modules will be imported to the system. Your&nbsp;<strong>JCOrgID<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>JCOrgName<\/strong>&nbsp;are shown after successful import.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Execute the following command to list all the devices in your JumpCloud org: <code>Get-JCSystem<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Removing-Inactive-Devices-from-your-Organization\">Removing Inactive Devices from Your Organization<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-notification-card-wysiwyg notification-card warning\"><div class=\"notification-card-content\"><div class=\"notification-card-icon\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/jumpcloud\/assets\/images\/gutenberg-blocks\/warning-icon.png\" \/><\/p><\/div><div class=\"notification-card-copy is-type-body-default\"><div><strong class=\"notification-card-type\">Warning:<\/strong> \n<p>This command will permanently remove the devices that fall within the criteria. There is no recovery or undo script. Proceed with caution.<\/p>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\">\n<li>The following command will <strong>permanently<\/strong> remove all the devices that have a lastContact date greater than 60 days.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-code-block code-block\"><div class=\"code-block-snippet is-type-body-default\">\n<p>Get-JCSystem | Where-Object lastContact -lT (Get-Date).AddDays(-60).ToString(&#8216;yyy-MM-ddTHH:MM:ss&#8217;) | Remove-JCSystem<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-notification-card-wysiwyg notification-card important\"><div class=\"notification-card-content\"><div class=\"notification-card-icon\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/jumpcloud\/assets\/images\/gutenberg-blocks\/important-icon.png\" \/><\/p><\/div><div class=\"notification-card-copy is-type-body-default\"><div><strong class=\"notification-card-type\">Important:<\/strong> \n<p>You can modify the number of days since last contact according to your requirements (for example 30, 60, 90, 120, etc). To do so, modify the value within the AddDays(<strong>-XX<\/strong>) field.<\/p>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>PowerShell prompts for confirmation to remove the selected devices. Select <strong>Y<\/strong> (yes) to remove the devices.<br>After the successful execution of the command, a list of removed devices is displayed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can verify the removed devices are no longer visible in the Devices list within your JumpCloud Organization via the Admin Portal.\n<ol class=\"is-lower-alpha\">\n<li>Log into your&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/console.jumpcloud.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JumpCloud Admin Portal<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to <strong>DEVICE MANAGEMENT<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Devices<\/strong> and click the <strong>Devices<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cross-reference the Devices list with the output of removed devices from the PowerShell command. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your organization has a high number of inactive devices in JumpCloud, you can use the JumpCloud PowerShell Module to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":223,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"2normal","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"support_category":[2856,3136,2916,3127],"support_tag":[3160],"coauthors":[3144],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - 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