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Ruben Kertesz's avatar
Ruben Kertesz
Iron Contributor
Nov 13, 2016

Cannot delete sharepoint after I delete a group

I deleted a test group but the sharepoint site did not delete and I don't see in in the sharepoint admin center. It is hidden from my view. I tried deleting the site from within the site itself (sett...
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Martin Crisp's avatar
Martin Crisp
Copper Contributor
Mar 27, 2017

that site with the powershell scripts no longer exists.

 

I have the same problem described above.  I deleted some groups but their sites still remain.  I tried to go in and delete the sistes from sharepoint admin but there is not option to delete them.

StefanFried's avatar
StefanFried
Iron Contributor
Mar 29, 2017

Are you talking about deleting a Group SPO Site ?  (a SPO Site which was created via an O365 Group)

 

I had (or still have) exactly the same case where a SPO Site remain available after i deleted the O365 Group.

In order to delete a SPO, you need to add an globald admin account as an owner to the site

 

Set-SPOSite -Identity https://<name>/sites/<sitename> -owner <your global admin account>

 

afterwards trigger the removal by issuing this cmdlet

Remove-SPOSite -Identity https://<name>/sites/<sitename> -NoWait

 

SideNote:

i had the issue that i couldn't add an owner to ANY Group SPO's. So i had to open a MS support ticket for that :(

 

hope that helps

  • Henk Luggenhorst's avatar
    Henk Luggenhorst
    Copper Contributor
    Mar 30, 2017

    I also had the same problem. Deleted some Office 365 Groups, but the SharePoint sites were not deleted.

     

    Trying to add my own global admin account as an owner using

     

    Set-SPOSite -Identity https://<name>/sites/<sitename> -owner <your global admin account>

     

    did not work.  The site was "not cuurently available" according the Powershell error message.

     

    Apperently the site was locked. Unlocking the site using

     

    Set-SPOSite -Identity https://<name>/sites/<sitename> -LockState Unlock

     

    made it possible the add the global admin account. After adding the global admin account there was no problem deleting the SharePoint site.

     

    I hope this works for everybody.

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