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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...
That's the odd thing. I did unfollow it but it still shows up on the the main SharePoint page as one of the sites that I follow. Maybe in time it will go away.
We have the same situation with groups being apended with other numbers and are looking to tidy up these groups. Interestingly trying to use the delete option and despite being Global Admin and Sharepoint Admin I am refused permission to the site.
Has anyone experienced this or do I need to be Exchange Admin to acheve this deletion ?
Nicholas Byng-Maddick wrote:We have the same situation with groups being apended with other numbers and are looking to tidy up these groups. Interestingly trying to use the delete option and despite being Global Admin and Sharepoint Admin I am refused permission to the site.
Has anyone experienced this or do I need to be Exchange Admin to acheve this deletion ?
I have the exact same thing happen to me, did you found a solution?I have a feeling that one of our admins manipulated the standard delete URL to get to relevant SPO function. I don't have a spare Team/ Group to test on though.
https://xxxxxxxxx.sharepoint.com/sites/yyyyyyy/_layouts/15/deleteweb.aspx
I have alreay tested that and I got the response that I wasn't allowed to do that and gave a form to request permission but I supposed that form went into a black hole or something.
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Microsoft
Please open a support with ticket so we can get this fixed.- David Rosenthal
This whole thread makes me think that a lot of this on the backend is some sort of sync process, and I generally hate sync processes as they tend to always break or get "stuck" :) Is the team watching the failure rate of these sorts of actions to prioritize ways to improve the reliability? Nothing erodes user confidence faster than an action they see as simple, like a delete, not functioning properly!
We all know how complex this actually is, but explaining that to a user nets you "the look" which I'm sure you've all seen. This stuff needs to become bulletproof over time.
- I believe it is stated elsewhere, but I think given what they are working on with recovering deleted groups (soft delete), if you want to re-use a group name (that has been recently deleted) you probably wont have that capability
So probably have to just deal with the random numbers. I think there is a set period (30 days?, 90 days?) that it will formally clear out and let you use it again.
So word to the wise, don't "test" with group names you think you might actually use :)coincidentally I've just now realized that the site of a group I deleted months ago still existed. Will delete it manually tomorrow :)
