As a SharePoint beginner, you must know how to delete a SharePoint site. In this tutorial, I will explain how to delete the SharePoint Online site using different ways. Such as:
- Delete SharePoint Online Site from SharePoint Admin Center
- Delete SharePoint Online Site from SharePoint Home Page
- How to Delete SharePoint Site using PowerShell
- How to Delete Multiple SharePoint Online Sites using PowerShell
Delete SharePoint Site From SharePoint Admin Center
To delete a SharePoint Online site [Commumication site or Team site] from the SharePoint admin center, you can follow the below-mentioned steps. Such as:
1. Open your SharePoint admin center [https://<tenant>-admin.sharepoint.com], expand the Sites dropdown, and select Active sites.
2. Now, select the specific SharePoint site and click on the Delete option, as shown below.
3. Once you select the delete button, it will give the confirmation message [Delete Admin Team?], and select the Delete option.
4. Suppose you want to get the deleted SharePoint site; select the Deleted sites option where you find the deleted sites.
Output:
This way, you can delete or remove a SharePoint site from the SharePoint admin center.
Delete Sharepoint Site From the Home Page
Next, I will show you how to delete the SharePoint site from the SharePoint site home page. For that, follow the below steps.
1. On the SharePoint Home Page -> Click on the Gear icon -> Select Site information option under the Settings window, as show below.
2. Now, select the Delete site option under the Site information page.
3. Whenever the user selects the delete site option, a confirmation message will appear. You can also select the check box [Yes, delete this site and its associated content]. Finally, click on the Delete option.
4. In the same way, you can also delete the SharePoint site from the Site Actions [Site Information -> View all site settings -> Site Actions -> Delete this site].
5. Next, select the Delete option to receive the confirmation message [Are you sure you want to send this website to the site collection recycle bin?], and select the OK button.
This is how we can delete the SharePoint Online site from the SharePoint Online home page.
How to Delete SharePoint Online Site using PowerShell
Suppose you want to delete the SharePoint site using PowerShell [SharePoint Online Management PowerShell]; follow these two different methods. Such as:
- Remove-SPOSite
- Remove-SPODeletedSite
Note:
To execute PowerShell Commands, you can use either Windows PowerShell ISE or Visual Studio Code.