Remove a WebPart from SharePoint Pages using Powershell

The following script is very useful in removing a webpart from SharePoint page.


if ( (Get-PSSnapin -Name Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null )
{
    Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell
}

$siteUrl = "http://SharePoint/sites/projects/testproject1"

$spWeb = Get-SPWeb $siteUrl -ErrorAction Stop

#Declare the absolute path to the SharePoint page

$pagePath = "/SitePages/Home.aspx"

$pageUrl = $siteUrl + $pagePath

write-host "Processing site: ", $siteUrl

write-host "Processing page: ", $pageUrl

#Initialise the Web part manager for the specified profile page.

$spWebPartManager = $spWeb.GetLimitedWebPartManager($pageUrl, [System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.PersonalizationScope]::Shared)

#List all the Webparts in the specified page

foreach ($webpart in $spWebPartManager.WebParts)

{

    write-host $siteUrl +": Existing Web part - " + $webpart.Title + " : " + $webpart.ID

    break;

}

#Remove the Share Documents Web part from that page

foreach ($webpart in ($spWebPartManager.WebParts | Where-Object {$_.Title -eq "Shared Documents"}))

{

    write-host $siteUrl +": Existing Web part - " + $webpart.Title + " : " + $webpart.ID

    $webpart1 = $webpart

    break;

}

#Delete the existing webpart

$spWebPartManager.DeleteWebPart($spWebPartManager.WebParts[$webpart1.ID])

write-host "Deleted the existing Shared Document web part."

$spWeb.Dispose()