Deleting Objects from Active Directory

You can easily remove an object from Active Directory by specifying the object and using the Remove method. This following example shows how to delete a User object from Active Directory.

Code Example: Deleting Objects from Active Directory

using System;
using System.DirectoryServices;

namespace Chapter12
{
          public class DeletingObjects
          {
                 public DeletingObjects()
                 {
                        DirectoryEntry MyObject = new DirectoryEntry();
                        MyObject.Path =
                           "LDAP://HMSRevenge/OU=Users,DC=Test,DC=com";
                        DirectoryEntries users = MyObject.Children;
                        foreach(DirectoryEntry D in users)
                        {
                              if(D.Properties["email"].Value.
                                       ToString() == "gregmcb")
                              {
                                    //Removes an object
                                    users.Remove(D);
                              }
                        }

                        MyObject.CommitChanges();
                 }
         }
}