Delete a master page in SharePoint using PowerShell

March 17, 2011 Leave a comment

Had one of my group approach me today inquiring about deleting a master page from a site collection using PowerShell. Quick and simple way to do it…

   1: $web = Get-SPWeb "http://prototype"

   2: $lib = $web.GetFolder("_catalogs/masterpage")

   3: $file = $lib.Files["v4_copy(1).master"];

   4: $file.Delete();

   5: $web.dispose();

So I thought I would share. Enjoy!

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About Geoff Varosky
Geoff Varosky is the Director of Development and Evangelism for Jornata (www.jornata.com), a Microsoft Gold Partner focusing on SharePoint solutions based out of Boston, MA. He has been architecting and developing web based applications for over 13 years, and has been working with SharePoint for the past 6 years. Geoff is an active member of the SharePoint community, Co-Founder and Co-Organizer of the Boston Area SharePoint Users Group (www.bostonsharepointug.org), co-organizer for SharePoint Saturday Boston (www.sharepointsaturday.org/boston) and speaks regularly at SharePoint events and user groups.