Clear Frequent and Suggested sites from SharePoint app launcher page

Question

Hello, 

Is there any way to clear site links from the Frequent and Suggested site list on the SharePoint home page? If not, can I unpin the SharePoint app from the App Launcher, and then create my own launcher?

Thanks

Answer 1

Hi Mike,

Regarding to "The deleted site is still showing up under Frequent sites section". It is a known issue. The related team is currently in the process of implementing tech, they will ensure consistency for affected tenants.

If you are global admin or SharePoint admin in your tenant, you may firstly try the following steps which works for some users:

1. Install and connect to SharePoint Online PowerShell.
2. Use Get-SPOSite command to see if it's in the list. If not, go to step 3. If yes, use Get-SPOSite -identity <site URL> | fl to check the lock state of the site. If it's locked, use Set-SPOSite -Identity https://<yourtenant>.sharepoint.com/sites/<sitename> -LockState Unlock to unlock it, and then Remove-SPOSite>Remove-SPODeletedSite.
3. Use Get-SPODeletedSitecommand to see if the site is still in the list.
4. If it is still listed, use Remove-SPODeletedSitecommand to remove the site.
5. Wait for 24 hours to see the outcome.

Please share the result when you have time.

Regards,

Zixuan

Answer 2

Hi Mike,

Thanks for your updating.

There isn't an announcement so far about adding out-of-the-feature function to customize SharePoint Homepage. Thus, we invite you to vote for and monitor that requirement in our UserVoice forum where our customers can post feature requests to be reviewed directly by the product group. Or you may monitor this link as well: Office 365 Roadmap.

We appreciate your understanding.

Best Regards,

Zixuan

Answer 3

Yes, this is fine. I'm hoping that MS will soon allow us to personalize the SharePiont app landing page. Is there any way to get notified when/if MS does implement this request.

Thanks, 

Mike