# Delete SharePoint site subsite permanently

- Link: https://sharepointtechnicalsupport.com/2020/09/03/delete-sharepoint-site-subsite-permanently/
- Published: 2020-09-03T12:22:00+05:30
- Author: Deviprasad Panda

Delete SharePoint site subsite on premise environment is a common task for administrator.
You might be thinking how to permanently delete a SharePoint site collection in 
production server. There are difference scenarios, you might face while trying to
delete a site SharePoint. After sharepoint site migration, we need to delete old
site, exactly where its helpful, as per current situation.

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## Permanently delete a subsite in SharePoint from site settings

You can follow UI method for sharepoint subsite deletion following step by step 
procedure below.

 * Navigate to sharepoint subsite.
 * Open site settings.
 * Click on Delete this site present under Site Actions.

![Delete SharePoint subsite from site settings](https://i0.wp.com/sharepointtechnicalsupport.
com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/56f2b-delete-sharepoint-site-from-site-settings.jpg?
resize=584%2C549&ssl=1)

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 * Click on Delete option present at bottom right.
 * Pop up will appear for confirmation.
 * Click on OK to delete.

![delete this site in site settings](https://i0.wp.com/sharepointtechnicalsupport.
com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/b8f14-delete-this-site-in-site-settings.jpg?resize
=584%2C288&ssl=1)

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## Permanently delete a site in SharePoint from site settings

Follow the same procedure to delete site collection as well. Navigate to site collection
settings and click on delete this site. After that click on delete and OK to apply
the change.

Same steps are also applicable to delete [sharepoint online](https://sharepointtechnicalsupport.com/category/sharepoint-online/)
site in [office 365](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/).

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## Delete a Site Collection from Central Admin

You can follow another way to delete [site collection](https://sharepointtechnicalsupport.com/create-fast-site-collection-in-sharepoint-2019/)
from central admin without navigating to site settings.

 * Navigate to central admin
 * Click on Application Management.
 * Click on Delete a site collection present under option Site Collections.

![delete a site collection in sharepoint from central admin](https://i0.wp.com/sharepointtechnicalsupport.
com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/fe7ff-delete-a-site-collection-in-sharepoint.jpg?
resize=584%2C202&ssl=1)

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 * Select site collection from any one web application, from the drop down, that
   you want to delete and click on Delete.
 * Click on OK for confirmation to apply changes.

![delete site collection](https://i0.wp.com/sharepointtechnicalsupport.com/wp-content/
uploads/2025/06/b3254-delete-site-collection.jpg?resize=584%2C358&ssl=1)

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## Delete SharePoint site collection powershell

Follow [Remove-SPSite](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/sharepoint-server/remove-spsite?view=sharepoint-ps),
the [powershell command](https://sharepointtechnicalsupport.com/category/powershell-command/)
to delete site collection in SharePoint.

    ```wp-block-code
    Remove-SPSite -Identity "<Site Collection Url>" -GradualDelete -Confirm:$False
    Remove-SPSite -Identity "http://win-q2repghf9du:44179/sites/SharePointTech" -GradualDelete -Confirm:$False
    ```

![Remove-SPSite](https://i0.wp.com/sharepointtechnicalsupport.com/wp-content/uploads/
2025/06/c6538-remove-spsite.jpg?resize=584%2C180&ssl=1)

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## Delete SharePoint subsite powershell

If you need to delete SharePoint subsite using powershell command, follow [Remove-SPWeb](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/sharepoint-server/remove-spweb?view=sharepoint-ps).

    ```wp-block-code
    Remove-SPWeb -Identity "<Subsite Url>"
    Remove-SPWeb -Identity "http://win-q2repghf9du:44179/sites/SharePointTechnicalSupport/Subsite1/"
    ```

![Remove-SPWeb](https://i0.wp.com/sharepointtechnicalsupport.com/wp-content/uploads/
2025/06/79bf7-remove-spweb.jpg?resize=584%2C180&ssl=1)

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## Delete all site collections present under web application

If you want to delete all site collections present under one web application, follow
the command below.

    ```wp-block-code
    $WebApplicationURL="http://win-q2repghf9du:24072/"
    Get-SPWebApplication $WebApplicationURL | Get-SPSite -Limit ALL | Remove-SPSite -Confirm:$false
    ```

![Delete all site collections present under web application](https://i0.wp.com/sharepointtechnicalsupport.
com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/f5907-delete-all-site-collections-present-under-web-
application.jpg?resize=584%2C290&ssl=1)

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## Delete all site collections present under specific managed path

Specific requirement might come when user need to delete all site collections part
of one specific sharepoint managed path, in a web application, using powershell.

    ```wp-block-code
    Get-SPSite "<web application url>/<managed path>*" -Limit ALL | Remove-SPSite -Confirm:$false
    Get-SPSite "http://win-q2repghf9du:27315/sites*" -Limit ALL | Remove-SPSite -Confirm:$false
    ```

![Delete all site collections present under specific managed path](https://i0.wp.
com/sharepointtechnicalsupport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/29c0e-delete-all-site-
collections-present-under-specific-managed-path.jpg?resize=584%2C214&ssl=1)

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