Get-EntraDeletedDirectoryObject

Get-EntraDeletedDirectoryObject

    -DirectoryObjectId <String>
    [-Property <String[]>]
    [<CommonParameters>]

The Get-EntraDeletedDirectoryObject cmdlet retrieves a soft deleted directory object from the directory. Note that soft delete for groups is currently only implemented for Unified Groups (also known as Office 365 Groups).

Connect-Entra -Scopes 'AdministrativeUnit.Read.All', 'Application.Read.All','Group.Read.All','User.Read.All'
Get-EntraDeletedDirectoryObject -DirectoryObjectId 'aaaaaaaa-0000-1111-2222-bbbbbbbbbbbb' | Format-Table -Property Id, displayName, '@odata.type', DeletedDateTime, DeletionAgeInDays -AutoSize

Id                                   displayName           @odata.type                  DeletedDateTime       DeletionAgeInDays
--                                   -----------           -----------                  ---------------       -----------------
aaaaaaaa-0000-1111-2222-bbbbbbbbbbbb Entra PowerShell App #microsoft.graph.application 2/12/2025 11:07:56 AM                10

This example shows how to retrieve the deleted directory object details from the directory.

Note: You can use the following commands to retrieve specific deleted objects:

• Get-EntraDeletedUser - to retrieve deleted users.
• Get-EntraDeletedAdministrativeUnit - to retrieve deleted administrative units.
• Get-EntraDeletedApplication - to retrieve deleted applications.
• Get-EntraDeletedDevice - to retrieve deleted devices.
• Get-EntraDeletedGroup - to retrieve deleted groups.
• Get-EntraDeletedServicePrincipal - to retrieve deleted service principals.

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable, -ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.