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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.
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.
Peter_Morris In Office 365, if there is an exchange group (also called Office 365 Group) already existing with name ITS, then creation of any SharePoint site/Teams with same name appends '2' in the URL (like /ITS2/).
This is because, creating any Office 365 Group thru exchange (outlook) OR Teams will auto-create a SharePoint site in Office 365.
Thanks for this. I'd guessed it would be an O365 group causing it issues. Will look into how to remove that now. Got our O365 Admin to have a go but it hasn't worked so far. Might be more work involved.
Peter
