Delete users from Deleted Users
- Once a user is deleted from Active users (Office 355), the user account will be visible under Deleted Users
- Unfortunately there is no way to delete the user from here using the UI
- This is where you need PowerShell
- Run “Windows Azure Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell” as Admin
- Connect to Office 365 MSOL Service | Connect-MsolService
- Run this command to get a list of all the deleted users: get-msoluser –ReturnDeletedUsers
To remove one user from “Deleted Users”
remove-msoluser -userprincipalname deleteduser@domain.com -RemoveFromRecycleBin
To remove all users from “Deleted Users”
Get-MsolUser –ReturnDeletedUsers | Remove-MsolUser –RemoveFromRecycleBin –Force