Mass remove inheritance on multiple folders with powershell

[armandorodriguez3 (Armando3174)]

Hello. I have recently run into an issues with our user folders. I’m trying to remove a particular group from each user folder but wanting to keep that group in the parent folder. There are 410 user folders that i do not want to manipulate manually. Is there a way to do this with powershell?

Thanks in advance

[craigduff (cduff)]

If the group is only on the child folders via inheritance, then you just go into the parent folder’s permissions and change the access from “This Folder, Subfolders, and Files” to “This folder only” or “This folder and files”

Or maybe “This folder and subfolders” or “This folder, subfolders and files” with the checkbox checked that says something to the affect of “Only apply this to items in this container”

[laurelraven]

@craigduff

If the group is only on the child folders via inheritance, then you just go into the parent folder’s permissions and change the access from “This Folder, Subfolders, and Files” to “This folder only” or “This folder and files”

Or maybe “This folder and subfolders” or “This folder, subfolders and files” with the checkbox checked that says something to the affect of “Only apply this to items in this container”

This.

I wouldn’t recommend severing inheritance as a way to solve this issue as that will just add administrative overhead down the road.

[armandorodriguez3 (Armando3174)]

Thank you cduff as this has worked. I facepalmed as soon as i saw this. Totally overthinking.

Raven Hunter I only changed permissions for one particular group. Had not planned on severing inheritance for all sub folders. Believe me I have had to work with sys admins cleaning up broken inheritance issues.

Thank you both for the help.

[laurelraven]

@armandorodriguez3

[…] Believe me I have had to work with sys admins cleaning up broken inheritance issues. […]

Well, if you ever run into that again, PowerShell absolutely CAN make that task much easier.