Share via

Can't delete a site connected to a Microsoft 365 group permanently

  • Applies to: SharePoint Online

Symptoms

You try to permanently delete a site that is connected to a Microsoft 365 group by using the SharePoint admin center. However, you receive the following error message:

This site can't be permanently deleted because it's connected to a Microsoft 365 group.

Cause

To delete a team site that is connected to a Microsoft 365 group, you must also delete all the group’s resources.

Resolution

To permanently delete a Microsoft 365 group-connected team site, follow these steps:

  1. Install the latest SharePoint Online Management Shell. If the shell is already installed, make sure that it's up-to-date. For more information, see Getting started with SharePoint Online Management Shell.

  2. Connect to SharePoint as a SharePoint admin in Microsoft 365. To learn how, see Getting started with SharePoint Online Management Shell.

  3. Run the following command:

    Remove-SPODeletedSite -Identity https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/sitetoremove

    Note: In this command, replace https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/sitetoremove with the URL of the site that you want to delete permanently.

For more information about how to use this command, see Remove-SPODeletedSite.

More information

For more information about how to permanently delete sites, see Permanently delete a site.