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Copper Contributor

Mar 22, 2020

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To restore the sharepoint site that has been reset to site definition in user account

I think my sharepoint site from work acc is reset to site definition version and the original site got deleted. About the site contents..Can i still recover form admin site collection or can you assis...

vramos
Mar 22, 2020
Corpo185

Hi,

To delete a site collection, you must be a site collection admin. To delete a subsite in SharePoint Online or SharePoint Server, you must either have Full Control permissions or be the subsite owner. The same goes if you want to recover it.

This link provide more information about it:

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/delete-a-sharepoint-site-or-subsite-bc37b743-0cef-475e-9a8c-8fc4d40179fb

Sincerely,

Val Ramos

Thiraviam5316

Brass Contributor

Jun 20, 2023

Corpo185 You have the convenience of restoring your SharePoint Online Site within 93 days from the date of deletion. Simply use the following cmdlet to initiate the restoration process:

Restore-SPODeletedSite -Identity <SPOSiteURL>

For additional operations and functionalities related to deleted sites, check: https://m365scripts.com/sharepoint-online/manage-deleted-sharepoint-sites-using-powershell/