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

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  • Applies to:
    SharePoint Online

Symptoms

When you try to permanently delete a Microsoft 365 group site from the SharePoint Admin center, 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's connected to a Microsoft 365 group, you have to 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 the steps to do this, see Getting started with SharePoint Online Management Shell.

  2. Connect to SharePoint as a global admin or 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 permanently delete.

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.