Efficiently Remove Tags from Multiple VMs in VMware vCenter using PowerCLI

I came a cross this blog and created below script to use the {get-tagAssignment -entity (get-vm)} to get and remove tags,

https://virtuallyjason.blogspot.com/2022/02/powercli-and-get-tagassignment.html

This script defines the vCenter server, username, and password as variables, then uses the Connect-VIServer cmdlet with the -Server, -User, and -Password parameters to connect to vCenter using the provided credentials.

It also uses Get-TagAssignment cmdlet to get the tag assignments for a VM and remove those using Remove-TagAssignment cmdlet.
It also writes a message in green for each VM before removing the tags using Write-Host cmdlet and -ForegroundColor parameter.
Make sure that you have the correct path to the csv file in the script and that the csv file contains the VMs names in a column labeled "Name".

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# Define the vCenter server, username and password
$vcenterServer = "vcsa.mytest.org"
$username = "administrator@vsphere.local"
$password = "T£stPas$ord"

# Connect to vCenter using username and password
Connect-VIServer -Server $vcenterServer -User $username -Password $password

# Import the list of VMs from a CSV file
$vmList = Import-Csv -Path "vm-list.csv" | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name

# Loop through the list of VMs and remove all tags
foreach ($vm in $vmList) {
    $vm = Get-VM -Name $vm
    $tagAssignments = Get-TagAssignment -Entity $vm
    foreach ($tagAssignment in $tagAssignments) {
        Write-Host "Removing Tag for VM: $vm" -ForegroundColor Green
        Remove-TagAssignment -TagAssignment $tagAssignment -Confirm:$false
    }
}

# Disconnect from vCenter
Disconnect-VIServer vcsa1.gsslabs.org -Confirm:$false

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It's not recommended to hardcode the credentials in the script, A better practice would be to prompt for the credentials or use an encrypted file to read the credentials from.
 

I recommend to test this script on test environment before using it on production.