Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 PowerShell Cookbook - Second Edition

Using the message type search

The following table outlines the properties that can be used to define an AQS query using a message type restriction:

Property	Example	Description
Kind	Kind:email Kind:meetings Kind:tasks Kind:notes Kind:docs Kind:journals Kind:contacts Kind:im	Searches all email items Searches all meeting items Searches all task items Searches all note items Searches all doc items Searches all journal items Searches all contact items Searches all im items

Examples

If you want to delete all the contacts from a mailbox, use the following code:

Search-Mailbox -Identity administrator `
-SearchQuery "Kind:Contacts" `
-DeleteContent `
-Force

If you want to delete all the notes from a mailbox, use the following code:

Search-Mailbox ...