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I just started yesterday learning about powershell. Very new into powershell. I have created quite a few variables for testing purposes. Below is my questions on variables

  1. How can i list back all the variables that I have created before?
  2. How do I then clear all the contents of the variables?
  3. How do I remove/delete a variables?
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  1. How can I list back all the variables that I have created before?

    • This gets all the variables, not just the ones you created, you need to filter to variable you are concerned about: Get-Variable -name <name without $>

  2. How do I then clear all the contents of the variables?

    • Clear-Variable -name <name without $>
  3. How do I remove/delete a variable?
    • Remove-Variable -name <name without $>
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Thanks Travis. Really helpful info. However, when I use the Get-Variable $myvariable, it displays error " Get-Variable : Cannot find a variable with the name 'variable name' ". The same error msg when I use the Clear-Variable
Type the variable name without the $
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