Remove-CHostsEntry

NAME Remove-CHostsEntry



SYNOPSIS

Removes entries from the hosts file by hostname.





SYNTAX

Remove-CHostsEntry [-HostName] <String[]> [-Path <String>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

You can remove multiple entries or pipe entries into this function.





PARAMETERS

-HostName <String[]>

The hostname of the hosts entry/entries to remove.



Required? true

Position? 1

Default value

Accept pipeline input? true (ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Path <String>

The hosts file to modify. Defaults to the Windows hosts file.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value (Get-CPathToHostsFile)

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS



OUTPUTS



-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------



PS C:\\>Remove-CHostsEntry -HostName 'adadvisor.net'



Demonstrates how to remove hosts entry for `adadvisor.net`, which you probably don't want to do.









-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------



PS C:\\>Remove-CHostsEntry -HostName 'adadvisor.net','www.adchimp.com'



Demonstrates how to remove multiple hosts entries.









-------------------------- EXAMPLE 3 --------------------------



PS C:\\>('adadvisor.net','www.adchimp.com') | Remove-CHostsEntry



Demonstrates how to pipe hostnames into `Remove-CHostsEntry`.









-------------------------- EXAMPLE 4 --------------------------



PS C:\\>Remove-CHostsEntry -HostName 'adadvisor.net' -Path 'C:\\Projects\\Carbon\\adblockhosts'



Demonstrates how to work with a file other than Windows' default hosts file.











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