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Reusing a Deleted SharePoint Site Name
QUESTION: Can a new site be created with the same name of a deleted site? SCENARIO: Today I deleted a SharePoint Team Site (O365) that I created yesterday. Now I want to create a SharePoint Commu...
Similarly, you can permanently remove the deleted site using Remove-SPODeletedSite cmdlet.
Similarly, you can permanently remove the deleted site using Remove-SPODeletedSite cmdlet.
I had the same problem. Created a team site but wanted to free up the name and create a communication site. I first changed the name to 'site2' but couldn't use the name so deleted the site through the suggestion in this topic. but still cannot use the name for the new site.
Anyone can advise?
Setayesh2 , I found that when I renamed a site it made the problem worse by adding redirects. Did you check to see if there are any lingering redirects (essentially aliases for the site name).?
Not sure, Where should I check? I didn't make any alias for that. there was just a deleted office 365 group, I deleted that permanently after deleting the site.
Remove-SPOSite -Identity https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/site1 helped me to fix it.
Thanks
Do you have to wait any length of time to be able to reuse the URL? I've removed a site using the Remove-SPODeletedSite command but it still wants to create a URL with a 2 on the end.
It was a classic site, I removed it, waited 29 days for it to disappear. Saw it in the recycle bin on the NEW SharePoint Admin centre, deleted it from there, then ran the Remove-SPODeletedSite command. It is gone. I can't find it anywhere but when I try to create the site again (in a Modern stylie), it puts a 2 on the end.
Hence my question. To I have to wait a certain length of time.
Peter
I'm a SharePoint Admin only
I have checked my tenant is working fine, so i can able to create new site with old name with in 2 minutes. can you please check Get-SPODeletedSite it will returns all deleted site collections from the Recycle Bin.
So This morning it tried to give me an ITS2 site when I wanted an ITS site. As I was gathering information for you it allowed the ITS site but when I tried to save it, I got a "group" already exists. I suspect it's Office365.
See screenshots attached/below.
Thank you for taking the time to reply! This worked perfectly!!!
