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Brent Ellis
Silver Contributor
Nov 18, 2016

Force delete Group Site Collection after Group Deleted?

I don't suppose there is a way to force delete a site collection after the group is deleted?   I created a test group that happened to use the name that I now need to use.  I deleted that group day...
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Deleted
Jun 14, 2018

I think you may have done it the wrong as you may need to first remove the sitecollection before you remove the group.

https://winsmarts.com/completely-delete-an-office365-site-collection-classic-or-modern-from-recycle-bin-ce04808894fa

 

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k h
Copper Contributor
Jun 14, 2018

I deleted the Office365 group and attempted to delete the site via _layouts/15/deleteweb.aspx.  I got error "Remove-SPOSite : This site collection can't be deleted because it contains sites that are included in an eDiscovery hold or retention policy." 

 

I suppose I can exclude the site in the Retention Policy.  correct?

 

Thanks.

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    Leandro Fuly
    Copper Contributor
    Aug 18, 2018

    Thank you for me answer. I really was with retention policy applied in my environment. To resolve my problem, I needed disable my retention policy. After I can get delete my site of group throught Powershell.

  • Deleted's avatar
    Deleted
    Aug 15, 2018

    I logged a ticket with Microsoft and they resolved some of the problems for me. I can delete most of the Site collections that need to be deleted but still having problem with one.

    You need to log a ticket with them and they will contact you to go through the log. The investigation process was taking a couple of weeks.

     

  • Leandro Fuly's avatar
    Leandro Fuly
    Copper Contributor
    Aug 14, 2018

    I'm getting the same error. Did you solve it?

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