unable to delete a SP modern team site "The site can't be deleted becuase it's connected to office."

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i have created a new sharepoint modern team site using the office 365 admin, then i wanted to remove the site collection and create a brand new one. So from Office 365 >> Groups >> i remove the related office 365 group. then i went to office 365 >> SharePoint >> i remove the related sharepoint site. this moved the site to the recycle bin. but when i selected the deleted sharepoint site >> the "Permanently delete" button was disabled, and i got this message "The site can't be permanently deleted because it's connected to an Office 365 group.." as follow:-

and idea what is going on?

gordon_nomatter · Answer

Hi everyone with the same problem.I haven't read every link and solution so maybe my way to solve this issue was suggested and / or failed already.But here is what helped me:1. deleted site via share point admin center2. because i wasn't able to permanently delete that site under "deleted sites" i deleted the office Group permanently via azure admin center3. still, it wasn't possible to delete site permanently so i restored it. Got message that the office group couldn't be found so it will restore without group. Yes, fine4. Finally, just as it emerged I deleted it again5. now it was possible to delete it permanently.&nbsp;Hope this will help people who still have this issue.

john john · Answer

&nbsp;ChrisHoardMVP&nbsp;wrote:HiGot it. See articlehttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/delete-site-collectionYou need Powershell to finish this off.Hope that answers your question.Best, ChrisChrisHoardMVP&nbsp; seems this does not want to work :), here what i did exactly:-&nbsp;1. using Office 365 admin center &gt;&gt; I removed the office 365 named&nbsp; OurCompanyTest.2. Then using Office 365 admin center&nbsp; &gt;&gt; i removed the sharepoint site which have this url /sites/OurCompanyTest/3.&nbsp; Then using this power-shell command Remove-SPODeletedSite -Identity i removed the deleted SP site.4. then i went back to SP central admin &gt;&gt; create new team site &gt;&gt; I enter the name of the site to be the same as the deleted site OurCompanyTest &gt;&gt; but the url for the new site got "2" at the end of it as follow /sites/ OurCompanyTest2/.. and this is not what i want to have !! any idea?

chrishoardmvp · Answer

HiSee article here:https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Office-365-Groups/Force-delete-Group-Site-Collection-after-Group-Deleted/td-p/30853There is a workaround identified in here to delete the site. However this doesn’t seem to work for everyone. General consensus seems to be if it doesn’t work for you then to raise a ticket to support on this one.Hope that answers your question. I’ll look into it further if you can’t do it per the article.Best, Chris

john john · Answer

ChrisHoardMVP&nbsp;ChrisHoardMVP&nbsp;wrote:Hi John JohnLong standing issue - deleting an Office 365 Group before deleting the Site CollectionSee article here:https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Office-365-Groups/Force-delete-Group-Site-Collection-after-Group-Deleted/td-p/30853There is a workaround identified in here to delete the site. However this doesn’t seem to work for everyone. General consensus seems to be if it doesn’t work for you then to raise a ticket to support on this one.Hope that answers your questionBest, ChrisI restored the deleted sharepoint site and the deleted Office 365 group. then i removed the Office 365 group &gt;&gt; but the SP site still showed inside the active sites list, and i got a message that this site does not have Office 365 group and if i want to delete it,, so i remove the SP site and i got the same message when i tried to remove it permanent from recycle bin ... seems deleting an Office 365 Group before deleting the Site Collection will not work also..

chrishoardmvp · Answer

HiGot it. See articlehttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/delete-site-collectionYou need Powershell to finish this off.Hope that answers your question.Best, Chris

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