- Introduction
- Creating a SharePoint Site
- Viewing a Site Window
- Getting Around a Site
- Viewing Site Content
- Changing a Site Title and Logo
- Changing the Look of a Site
- Changing Language and Regional Settings
- Changing and Creating Navigation Links
- Using Navigation Aids
- Searching for Site Content
- Opening or Adding Site Pages
- Working with Site Pages
- Viewing a Site Hierarchy
- Managing Site Features
- Exploring Site Features
- Sharing a Site
- Saving a Site as a Template
- Deleting a SharePoint Site
- Using Site Closure and Deletion Settings
Deleting a SharePoint Site
If you no longer need a site and have the right permissions, you can delete it. If an option is not available, you don’t have permission to perform the operation. When you delete a site, you also delete any subsites, content, and information associated with the site, including Site Settings, documents, libraries, and lists. If you only want to delete a subsite, you can remove it too. If you accidentally delete a site, the site collection administrator can restore it from the site collection recycle bin.
Delete a SharePoint Site
- In your web browser, open your SharePoint site.
- Navigate to the site you want to delete.
- Click the Settings button (Gear icon), and then click Site settings.
- Under Site Administration, click the Sites and workspaces link.
Click the Delete button.
IMPORTANT If you don’t have permission to delete the site, an alert message appears to send a request.
- Click Delete to confirm the deletion.
Delete a SharePoint Subsite
- In your web browser, open your SharePoint site.
- Navigate to the subsite you want to delete.
- Click the Settings button (Gear icon), and then click Site settings.
Under Site Actions, click the Delete this site link.
IMPORTANT If the Delete this site option doesn’t appear, you don’t have permission to delete the site.
- Click Delete to confirm the deletion.