param($weburl,$listname)
if ($weburl -eq $null -or $listname -eq $null)
{
write-host -foregroundcolor red “-weburl or -listname are null.”
return
}
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell -EA 0
$web = get-spweb $weburl
$list = $web.lists[$listname]
$stringbuilder = new-object System.Text.StringBuilder
try
{
$stringbuilder.Append(“<?xml version=`”1.0`” encoding=`”UTF-8`”?><ows:Batch OnError=`”Return`”>”) > $null
$i=0
$spQuery = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPQuery
$spQuery.ViewFieldsOnly = $true
$items = $list.GetItems($spQuery);
$count = $items.Count
while ($i -le ($count-1))
{
write-host $i
$item = $items[$i]
$stringbuilder.AppendFormat(“<Method ID=`”{0}`”>”, $i) > $null
$stringbuilder.AppendFormat(“<SetList Scope=`”Request`”>{0}</SetList>”, $list.ID) > $null
$stringbuilder.AppendFormat(“<SetVar Name=`”ID`”>{0}SetVar>”, $item.Id) > $null
$stringbuilder.Append(“<SetVar Name=`”Cmd`”>Delete</SetVar>”) > $null
$stringbuilder.Append(“</Method>”) > $null
$i++
}
$stringbuilder.Append(“</ows:Batch>”) > $null
$web.ProcessBatchData($stringbuilder.ToString()) > $null
}
catch
{
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red $_.Exception.ToString()
}
write-host -ForegroundColor Green “done”
# .\EmptySPlist.ps1 -weburl “Site Url” -listname “List NAme”
