SharePoint Power Shell : Remove/Delete users from User Information List

Script:

$url = "http://sitecollection"

$web = get-spweb $url

$list = $web.Lists["User Information List"]

$listItems = $list.Items

$listItemsTotal = $listItems.Count

for ($x=$listItemsTotal-1;$x -ge 0; $x–-)

{

Write-Host(“DELETED: ” + $listItems[$x].name)

remove-spuser $listItems[$x]["Account"] -web $url -confirm:$false

}

$web.dispose()

Url:

http://[localhost]/_catalogs/users/simple.aspx)