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SharePoint home page error: can't reach this page
Hey Everyone - I'm a rather new Microsoft 365 SharePoint admin (but not new to IT) and I have created four SharePoint sites for my nonprofit organization. One of the sites is giving me troubl...
Hey I figured it out! At least the first part:
The user, who is an owner, accidentally deleted the home page. This article was super helpful - I wanted to post this in case someone else comes across this issue - you have to restore the page:
It's all fixed - EXCEPT - I don't know how to get the hold name back on the site, so if anyone has any ideas let me know. It still says the name isn't available even though it isn't in use.
SP sites are deleted fully 90 days after you press delete in SP admin center. Until then you can't use the name of deleted site. You can see deleted sites in "Deleted sites". To fully delete them before 90 days period a PowerShell command needs to be executed:
First connecting to SPOService:
Connect-SPOService -Url https://something-admin.sharepoint.com -Credential username-admin@something.onmicrosoft
Then deleteing the site:
Remove-SPODeletedSite -Identity https://url-of-the-site-you-want-deleted
Thanks for the hint about deleted home page!