AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell
Command Reference

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Synopsis

Clears the set of AWS credentials currently set as default in the shell or, if supplied with a name, deletes the set of credentials associated with the supplied name from the local credentials store.

Syntax

Clear-AWSCredential
-Scope <VariableScope>

Description

Clears the set of AWS credentials currently set as default in the shell Note: For scripts written against earlier versions of this module this cmdlet can also be invoked with the alias Clear-AWSCredentials.

Note: For scripts written against earlier versions of this module this cmdlet can also be invoked with the alias, Clear-AWSCredentials.

Parameters

-Scope <VariableScope>
This parameter allows to specify the scope of the variable $StoredAWSCredentials to clear. For details about variables scopes see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_scopes. This parameter cannot be used when ProfileName is specified.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)

Common Credential and Region Parameters

-ProfileLocation <String>
Used to specify the name and location of the ini-format credential file (shared with the AWS CLI and other AWS SDKs)If this optional parameter is omitted this cmdlet will search the encrypted credential file used by the AWS SDK for .NET and AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio first. If the profile is not found then the cmdlet will search in the ini-format credential file at the default location: (user's home directory)\.aws\credentials.If this parameter is specified then this cmdlet will only search the ini-format credential file at the location given.As the current folder can vary in a shell or during script execution it is advised that you use specify a fully qualified path instead of a relative path.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesAWSProfilesLocation, ProfilesLocation

Outputs

None
This cmdlet does not generate any output.

Examples

Example 1

Clear-AWSCredential
Clears any credentials set as default in the current shell. The stored profiles are not affected.
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Supported Version

AWS Tools for PowerShell: 2.x.y.z