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Iron Contributor

Feb 12, 2017

How to delete modern sharepoint site

Hi, I created a new sharepoint site, the new modern variety, and there is no 'site settings' in the cog on these ones of course, so how can I delete the site altogether? I've deleted the group pa...

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jcgonzalezmartin

MVP

Feb 12, 2017

So just confirmed: you need to delete the Group so the site will be deleted too

Gilbert Okello

Iron Contributor

Jan 04, 2018

When deleting a group one gets a message the all of the groups conversations, files, notebooks and events will be permanently deleted.

Is there undelete or recover option if a group is deleted by mistake?

Ellya Gold
Copper Contributor
Jan 04, 2018
Can you confirm what you mean by 'deleting the group'? Are you talking Active Directory Group or SharePoint security group, or 'Team' from the Teams UI?

Cheers, Ellya
- Gilbert Okello
  Iron Contributor
  Jan 04, 2018
  The Office365 group.
  
  Whenever you create a modern team site, there is a corresponding office365 group created.
  
  Apparently the only way to delete the SharePoint site from the UI, is by deleting the Office 365 Group.
  - Ellya Gold
    Copper Contributor
    Jan 04, 2018
    Ah, with you now...accessing 'Groups' via the O365 Admin. The issue I now have is that as a 'traditional SharePoint Admin' working for a finance organisation, I've only been given roles for SharePoint and OneDrive admin, so I can't delete groups. It says you need to be a Global Admin to delete groups, this is something I'm unlikely to get...so a bit of a pain!