SharePoint 2010: Remove existing reusable content items using PowerShell

July 6, 2011 by Jon Badgett | Posted in SysAdmin, Programming | Tagged with PowerShell, SharePoint

This same PowerShell could be used for any other list to remove all of the items. I just needed it to remove the OOB reusable content.

$siteColTemp = Get-SPSite "http://yourSiteCollectionUrl";
$reusableContentList = $siteColTemp.RootWeb.Lists["Reusable Content"];
$reusableContentItems = $reusableContentList.Items;
$reusableContentItemsCount = $reusableContentItems.Count;
for($x=$reusableContentItemsCount-1;$x -ge 0; $x--){
    $reusableContentItems[$x].Delete();
}