Cannot delete a sensitivity label with remove-label command in powershell

Wilt Rovira 1 Reputation point
2020-08-17T16:25:15.92+00:00

I am trying to delete a sensitivity label with remove-label command in powershell. Any advice?

PS C:\> Get-Label

Name Disabled

General False
WARNING: OnAfterGetLabels: failed to get template:[8c5baa1c-c20e-4b0b-9037-976ac2df69f0]
PII False

PS C:\> Remove-Label -Identity 'PII'

WARNING: Encountered exception: Microsoft.Exchange.Management.Transport.ErrorCannotRemovePendingDeletionRuleException:
We cannot remove rule 'PII' since it is already in pending deletion state.
at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.ThrowError(Exception exception, ErrorCategory errorCategory, Object
target, String helpUrl)
at Microsoft.Office.CompliancePolicy.Tasks.RemoveComplianceRuleBase.InternalValidate()
at Microsoft.Office.CompliancePolicy.Tasks.RemoveLabel.InternalValidate()
WARNING: Validation failed: Microsoft.Exchange.Management.Transport.ErrorCannotRemovePendingDeletionRuleException: We
cannot remove rule 'PII' since it is already in pending deletion state.
at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.ThrowError(Exception exception, ErrorCategory errorCategory, Object
target, String helpUrl)
at Microsoft.Office.CompliancePolicy.Tasks.RemoveComplianceRuleBase.InternalValidate()
at Microsoft.Office.CompliancePolicy.Tasks.RemoveLabel.InternalValidate()

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  1. KyleXu-MSFT 26,261 Reputation points
    2020-08-18T01:46:02.267+00:00

    We cannot remove rule 'PII' since it is already in pending deletion state.

    You can use command below to check the status of this sensitivity label: 

    Get-Label labelName| fl DisplayName,Mode

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    If this label is real in "PendingDeletion" state, I think you will not need to manage it, it will be disappeared in the later. If it still exist after 24 hours, you could open a service request to let Microsoft check from the backend.

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  2. Vikas Dwivedi 1 Reputation point
    2021-02-25T07:45:34.577+00:00

    Did we find solution to this .... facing similar issue while trying to delete label.

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