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How do I restore a Modern homepage that was deleted?
Niki Felker I know your question was from 6 months ago, but I just had a similar problem, except that in my case a user had deleted the home page almost a year ago. I found that you can create a new blank modern page by appending "/_layouts/CreateSitePage.aspx" to the end of your site URL. e.g. https://yourtenant.sharepoint.com/sites/yoursite/_layouts/CreateSitePage.aspx
That will let you create a blank modern page.
If you want to create a page with the default modern home page layout, you can use the Pnp (Patterns and Practices) powershell module for Sharepoint with the following couple of lines:Connect-PnPOnline -Url "https://yourtenant.sharepoint.com/sites/yoursite"
Add-PnPClientSidePage -Name Home -LayoutType Home
(of course you'll need to have the PnP SharePoint module installed for that to work)
That will create a modern page named Home, with the Home layout, in the site pages library.
Rob EllisI just created the site so my recycle bin is empty. I've added content to the homepage and 2 additional pages that I have created. I think I found the culprit - just need to figure out how it happened and if I can get the homepage restored! I was using a migration tool to copy a page from another site and it deleted the homepage from my destination site. Just sent an email to their support group hoping they can help. Is there any way to create a homepage? I want the page layout that the homepage provides (without that annoying thick empty space the title page gives you at the top).
Rob EllisThe migration tool options were set to copy and replace, however the migration failed but it appears to have removed the Home.aspx page or replaced it with nothing :-/
- If you can do the library settings of the pages library see if you have the “restore this library” option. You might be able to get it from that, but be careful on the changes.
