New-ComplianceSearchAction cmdlet delete

[Robert Fakes]

When using the above cmdlet when connecting into compliance center using powershell, I am able to soft delete messages however I would like to be able to delete messages permanently. However I can only see a softdelete option.

Any ideas please?

Syntax:

New-ComplianceSearchAction -SearchName "Remove Phishing Message" -Purge -PurgeType SoftDelete

[#2]

You can use the Search-Mailbox cmdlet to do that. Well, technically is hard-deletion, but still recoverable by admin. For actual permanent deletion you will need to disable Single Item Recovery. But hard-delete should be sufficient in most cases, as those messages are not accessible by end users.