This is the built-in help made by Microsoft for the command 'Remove-WmiObject', in PowerShell version 4 - as retrieved from
Windows version 'Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise' PowerShell help files on 2016-06-23.
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Deletes an instance of an existing Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) class.
Remove-WmiObject [-Class] <String> [-AsJob] [-Authentication {Default | None | Connect | Call | Packet | PacketIntegrity | PacketPrivacy | Unchanged}] [-Authority <St
ring>] [-ComputerName <String[]>] [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-EnableAllPrivileges] [-Impersonation {Default | Anonymous | Identify | Impersonate | Delegate}] [-Loc
ale <String>] [-Namespace <String>] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]
Remove-WmiObject [-AsJob] [-Authentication {Default | None | Connect | Call | Packet | PacketIntegrity | PacketPrivacy | Unchanged}] [-Authority <String>] [-ComputerN
ame <String[]>] [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-EnableAllPrivileges] [-Impersonation {Default | Anonymous | Identify | Impersonate | Delegate}] [-Locale <String>] [-Na
mespace <String>] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]
Remove-WmiObject [-AsJob] [-Authentication {Default | None | Connect | Call | Packet | PacketIntegrity | PacketPrivacy | Unchanged}] [-Authority <String>] [-ComputerN
ame <String[]>] [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-EnableAllPrivileges] [-Impersonation {Default | Anonymous | Identify | Impersonate | Delegate}] [-Locale <String>] [-Na
mespace <String>] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>] -Path <String> [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]
Remove-WmiObject [-AsJob] [-Authentication {Default | None | Connect | Call | Packet | PacketIntegrity | PacketPrivacy | Unchanged}] [-Authority <String>] [-ComputerN
ame <String[]>] [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-EnableAllPrivileges] [-Impersonation {Default | Anonymous | Identify | Impersonate | Delegate}] [-Locale <String>] [-Na
mespace <String>] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]
Remove-WmiObject [-AsJob] [-Authentication {Default | None | Connect | Call | Packet | PacketIntegrity | PacketPrivacy | Unchanged}] [-Authority <String>] [-ComputerN
ame <String[]>] [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-EnableAllPrivileges] [-Impersonation {Default | Anonymous | Identify | Impersonate | Delegate}] [-Locale <String>] [-Na
mespace <String>] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]
Remove-WmiObject [-AsJob] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>] -InputObject <ManagementObject> [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]
The Remove-WmiObject cmdlet deletes an instance of an existing WMI class.
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Get-WSManInstance
Invoke-WSManAction
New-WSManInstance
Remove-WSManInstance
Get-WmiObject
Invoke-WmiMethod
Set-WmiInstance
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-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------
PS C:\>notepad
PS C:\>$np = get-wmiobject -query "select * from win32_process where name='notepad.exe'"
PS C:\>$np | remove-wmiobject
This command closes all the instances of Notepad.exe.
The first command starts an instance of Notepad.
The second command uses the Get-WmiObject cmdlet to retrieve the instances of the Win32_Process that correspond to Notepad.exe and stores them in the $np variable.
The third command passes the object in the $np variable to the Remove-WmiObject cmdlet, which deletes all the instances of Notepad.exe.
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------
PS C:\>$a = Get-WMIObject -query "Select * From Win32_Directory Where Name ='C:\\Test'"
PS C:\>$a | Remove-WMIObject
This command deletes the C:\Test directory.
The first command uses the Get-WMIObject cmdlet to query for the C:\Test directory and then stores the object in the $a variable.
The second command pipes the $a variable to the Remove-WMIObject, which deletes the directory.