Certificates/Uninstall-Certificate.ps1

# Copyright 2012 Aaron Jensen
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function Uninstall-Certificate
{
    <#
    .SYNOPSIS
    Removes a certificate from a store for the user or machine account.
     
    .DESCRIPTION
    Uses .NET's certificates API to remove a certificate from a given store for the machine or current user. Use the thumbprint or friendly name to identify which certificate to remove. The thumbprint is unique to each certificate. Friendly names are not guaranteed to be unique. The user performing the removal must have permission on the store where the certificate is located.
 
    .EXAMPLE
    > Uninstall-Certificate -Thumbprint 570895470234023dsaaefdbcgbefa -StoreLocation CurrentUser -StoreName My
     
    Removes the 570895470234023dsaaefdbcgbefa certificate from the current user's Personal certificate store.
     
    .EXAMPLE
    > $cert = Get-Certificate -FriendlyName 'Carbon Testing Certificate' -StoreLocation LocalMachine -StoreName Root
    > Uninstall-Certificate -Certificate $cert -StoreLocation LocalMachine -StoreName Root
     
    Removes the certificate with friendly name 'Carbon Testing Certificate' from the local machine's Trusted Root Certification Authorities store.
 
    .EXAMPLE
    Uninstall-Certificate -Thumbprint 570895470234023dsaaefdbcgbefa -StoreLocation LocalMachine -StoreName 'SharePoint'
 
    Demonstrates how to uninstall a certificate from a custom, non-standard store.
    #>

    [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$true)]
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ParameterSetName='ByThumbprintAndStoreName')]
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ParameterSetName='ByThumbprintAndCustomStoreName')]
        [string]
        # The thumbprint of the certificate to remove.
        $Thumbprint,
        
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ParameterSetName='ByCertificateAndStoreName')]
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ParameterSetName='ByCertificateAndCustomStoreName')]
        [Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2]
        # The certificate to remove
        $Certificate,
        
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.StoreLocation]
        # The location of the certificate's store.
        $StoreLocation,
        
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ParameterSetName='ByThumbprintAndStoreName')]
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ParameterSetName='ByCertificateAndStoreName')]
        [Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.StoreName]
        # The name of the certificate's store.
        $StoreName,

        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ParameterSetName='ByThumbprintAndCustomStoreName')]
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ParameterSetName='ByCertificateAndCustomStoreName')]
        [string]
        # The name of the non-standard, custom store where the certificate should be un-installed.
        $CustomStoreName
    )
    
    Set-StrictMode -Version 'Latest'

    $storeNameParams = @{ }
    $storeDisplayName = ''
    if( $PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -like '*AndCustomStoreName' )
    {
        $storeDisplayName = $CustomStoreName
        $storeNameParams.CustomStoreName = $CustomStoreName
    }
    else
    {
        $storeDisplayName = $StoreName
        $storeNameParams.StoreName = $StoreName
    }

    if( $PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -like 'ByThumbprint*' )
    {
        $Certificate = Get-Certificate -Thumbprint $Thumbprint -StoreLocation $StoreLocation @storeNameParams
        if( $Certificate -eq $null )
        {
            return
        }
    }

    $store = Get-CertificateStore -StoreLocation $StoreLocation @storeNameParams

    $target = $Certificate.FriendlyName
    if( -not $target )
    {
        $target = $Certificate.Subject
    }

    if( $PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess(  ("certificate $StoreLocation\$storeDisplayName\{0} ({1})" -f $Certificate.Thumbprint,$target), "remove" ) )
    {
        $store.Remove( $Certificate )
    }
    $store.Close()
}

Set-Alias -Name 'Remove-Certificate' -Value 'Uninstall-Certificate'