Delete A SharePoint Online/O365 Site Using PowerShell And CSOM

In this blog, we are going to explain about how to delete a site in SharePoint Online/ Office 365, using the Client Script Object Model (CSOM). Steps:This script requires references to SharePoint Server 2013 Client Components SDK. Copy the script given below in Sharepoint Management Shell.

Steps

1. Open SharePoint Management Shell
2. Copy the code given below and run it. 

Add-Type -Path "c:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Server Extensions\15\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll"
Add-Type -Path "c:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Server Extensions\15\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.dll"

$siteUrl = “https://gowtham.sharepoint.com/tutorials/sitecollections/test1”
$username = "[email protected]"
$password = ""
$ctx = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($siteUrl)
$credentials = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredentials($username, $password)
$ctx.Credentials = $credentials

$web = $ctx.Web

$ctx.Load($web)
$ctx.ExecuteQuery()

$web.DeleteObject()
$ctx.ExecuteQuery()
Write-Host $web.Title "Site collection has been deleted"

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