Delete ou which is protected

Were you not able to delete it due to the Accidental Protection setting, or was it a matter of insufficient permissions? Sometimes, this can be an issue related to the accidental deletion feature, and that is easy to overcome.

However, if it is a permissions related issue, then its quite a pain, because its always a headache to try and troubleshoot insufficient permissions related issues. Glad to hear that it was the former, and not the latter.

I know this is very old, but I'm currently going through an old domain setup, and want to clean up before migrating to newer a OS, and I ran into the exact same issue.

I had no "Object" page where I could delete the OU. I even created a new OU and set it to be protected from deletion, and couldn't find any way to delete it afterwards.

Probably the first thing I ever learned about Server Manager, but I guess it's been so long since I had to do that. To continue this discussion, please ask a new question. Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks. Attached is the message I get when I try to delete it. Any ideas? Thank you all.

Open Active Directory Users and Computers. Click View , and then click Advanced Features. First, clear permissions on the OU for which you want to remove protection. To do this, right-click the OU, and then click Properties. Second, clear permissions on the parent container of the OU for which you want to remove protection.

See some articles on RSAT here. Alternatively, you can also launch this from the Tools menu under Server Manager. I will first try to delete it without disabling the protection so you could see the kind of error it will prompt. Navigate to the OU that you want to delete, — Right-click on it and click on Properties. I hope you found this blog post helpful. If you have any questions, please let me know in the comment session.

I welcome you to follow me on Twitter and Facebook. If you wish to delete, skip to the next section. If you get the following error message, you probably forgot to uncheck the "Protect from accidental deletion" check box. Create or Delete Organizational Units.