Clear-PnPRecycleBinItem List View Threshold when using the -Identity parameter

[brodemann]

Reporting an Issue or Missing Feature

Issue

Expected behavior

Deletion of item from Recycle Bin using the -Identity parameter

Actual behavior

Getting list view threshold error

Error:
Clear-PnpRecycleBinItem : The attempted operation is prohibited because it exceeds the list view threshold.
At line:1 char:1

• Clear-PnpRecycleBinItem -Identity $ItemId -Force -ErrorVariable Delet ...

•   + CategoryInfo          : WriteError: (:) [Clear-PnPRecycleBinItem], ServerException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : EXCEPTION,PnP.PowerShell.Commands.RecycleBin.ClearRecycleBinItem
  
  

Steps to reproduce behavior

ForEach($item in $bin){
$itemId = $item.Id.Guid
Clear-PnpRecycleBinItem -Identity $itemId -Force
}

What is the version of the Cmdlet module you are running?

1.6.0

Which operating system/environment are you running PnP PowerShell on?

Windows

[latchee]

Hi @brodemann,

I know this post is old but I am having the same error as you currently. Have you ever found a work around?

Kind regards,

[Barbarur]

Using REST API seems to be the way to go:

https://pnp.github.io/script-samples/spo-bulk-delete-recyclebin-in-batch-avoid-lvt/README.html?tabs=pnpps

[latchee]

Thank you for you quick response!

If that can help anybody in the future. I replaced:
`# Retrieve items from the recycle bin
$recycleBinItems = Get-PnPRecycleBinItem | Where-Object { $_.DeletedByName -eq $User }

Delete items

foreach ($item in $recycleBinItems) {
    Clear-PnPRecycleBinItem -Identity $item -Force
    Write-Host "$($item.Title) deleted."
}

`

With:
`# Retrieve items from the recycle bin
$recycleBinItems = Get-PnPRecycleBinItem | Where-Object { $_.DeletedByName -eq $User }

Delete items

foreach ($item in $recycleBinItems) {
    $requestUrl = $SiteURL + "/_api/site/RecycleBin/DeleteByIds"
    $requestBody = "{""ids"":[""$($item.id)""]}"

    Invoke-PnPSPRestMethod -Method POST -Url $requestUrl -Content $requestBody | Out-Null
    Write-Host "$($item.Title) deleted."

`

Edits: rendering of the code is weird.