Deleting a Site Collection

You can delete a site collection if you no longer require it.

Note:

Before deleting a site collection, ensure that all the sites associated with the site collection are removed. For more information, see Removing a Site from a Site Collection.

To delete a site collection, complete the following steps :

  1. To view the sites, complete one of the following steps:

    • To access the sites from the Site Collections page:

      1. Navigate to the Site Collections page.

        See Viewing a Site Collection.

      2. Click the site collection name.

    • To access the sites from the Sites page:

      1. Navigate to the Sites page.

        See Viewing Sites.

    A list of sites is displayed in a table.

  2. To delete the site collections, complete one of the following steps:

    • To delete a site collection, complete the following steps:

      1. Hover over the site collection you want to delete and click the delete icon.

        A Delete Site Collection confirmation pop-up window is displayed.

      2. Click Delete.

    • To delete multiple site collections, complete the following steps:

      1. Click the check box next to the site collection name to select the collection sites.

      2. Click the Actions drop-down menu and then select Delete Site.

        A Delete Site Collection confirmation pop-up window is displayed.

      3. Click Delete.