You must be a site owner or SharePoint administrator to delete sites. If you are a site owner but you are unable to delete a site, your administrator may have turned off the ability to do so.
Delete a communication site or team site
When you delete a team or communication site, you also delete any subsites, content, and user information that are part of the site, including documents, document libraries, lists, and list data.
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Navigate to the team site or communication site you want to delete.
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Select Settings
at the top of the site and then click Site information.Note: If you do not see Site information in the Settings panel, work with your SharePoint administrator to get access.
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At the bottom of the Site Information panel, select Delete site.
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Check the confirmation box, and then select Delete.
Delete a SharePoint Server 2019 Team site
Caution: When you delete a site, you also delete any subsites, content, and user information that are part of the site, including documents, document libraries, lists and list data. You need to have Full Control permissions to delete a site or subsite. If you don't have this permission level, talk to your site administrator or manager. See Understanding permission levels in SharePoint.
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Navigate to the team site you want to delete.
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Click Settings
and then click Site Settings. If you don't see Site settings, click Site information and then click View all site settings. Some pages might require you to select Site contents and then Site settings. -
Click Delete this site under the Site Actions heading on the Site Settings page.
Note: If Delete this site doesn’t appear on the Site Settings page, you may not have permission to delete this site.
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On the Delete This Site page, verify that you are deleting the correct site and then click Delete.
Delete a SharePoint Server 2019 communications site
Note: When you delete a site, you also delete any subsites, content, and user information that are part of the site, including documents, document libraries, lists and list data.
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Navigate to the communication site you want to delete.
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Click Settings
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At the bottom of the Edit site information panel, click Delete site.
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If you're sure you want to delete the site, check the box and select Delete.
Delete a SharePoint Server 2019 subsite
Note: When you delete a site, you also delete any subsites, content, and user information that are part of the site, including documents, document libraries, lists, and list data.
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Navigate to the subsite you want to delete.
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Click Settings
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At the bottom of the Edit site information panel, click Delete site.
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If you're sure you want to delete the site, select Delete.
Delete a SharePoint Server site or subsite
When you delete a site, you also delete any subsites, content, and user information that are part of the site, including documents, document libraries, lists and list data.
Note: You need to have Full Control permissions to delete a site or subsite. If you don't have this level, talk to your site administrator or manager. See Understanding permission levels in SharePoint.
If you’re sure you want to delete the site, and you have the correct permissions, follow these instructions:
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Navigate to the site or subsite you want to delete.
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Click Settings
at the top of the site or subsite, and then click Site settings.
If you're using SharePoint Server 2010, click Site Actions
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Click Delete this site under the Site Actions heading on the Site Settings page.
Note: If Delete this site doesn’t appear on the Site Settings page, you may not have permission to delete this site, or you're trying to delete a top-level site that's connected to an Microsoft 365 group.
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On the Delete This Site page, verify that you are deleting the correct site, and then click Delete.
