Removing old exchange servers from AD with ADSIEdit

Hello all,
I know this has been discussed MANY times but I wanted to know if the only place these are stored is under CN:Server under Microsoft Exchange? I know this isn't the recommended way but I need to get these removed so I can re-use the old names.

CN=configuration,DC=.example,DC=.COM > CN=Services > CN=Microsoft Exchange > CN=Organization > CN= Administrative Groups > CN=(Groupname) > CN=Servers >
Looks to be correct.
This is where you would the sevrers, but try add/remove programs first, if a uninstall has failed or hasnt move the object then delete from here.Sukh

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