Delete a SharePoint site

Owned by Dan Jakubiak
Last updated: Oct 18, 2023
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Faculty, staff and students may follow this guide to delete a site they are an Owner of.

Deleted sites and all of their data will sit in an ITS-managed recycle bin for 30 days after deletion. Therefore, the URLs of those sites are reserved for 30 days.

If you would like to re-use the name of a previously deleted site within this timeline, please reach out to techsupport@uconn.edu to have them remove the site from the recycle bin.

Deleting a site

  1. Navigate to s.uconn.edu/sharepoint and click on the site you would like to delete.

  2. Once the site loads, it may be another few seconds before the settings gear appears at the top-right of the page. Click on this settings gear when it appears.

  3. In the list of settings, click on Site information.

  4. Click on Delete site.

Your site and its contents (data) will be placed in an ITS-managed recycle bin for 30 days. After 30 days, the data will be permanently deleted.

If you would like to restore any of the data, the whole site will need to be restored. Reach out to techsupport@uconn.edu to restore your site from this recycle bin.

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