Deleting Sharepoint Site Using PowerShell

Question

I am trying to delete a sharepoint site using powershell:

Remove-SPSite -Identity "site url"

I keep receiving an error message:

"Cannot find an SPSite object with Id or Url"

I am using sharepoint powershell on the sharepoint server using a farm user. I don't get anything when I run $StackTrace after the command. Thank you

No it does not. I am able to get only the main site and also retrieve a list of all subsites. I only get this problem when I try to get or delete a subsite. — user7400346
– user7400346, Commented Sep 1, 2017 at 14:36

Mark Mascolino · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-01 16:15:24Z

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Upon seeing your response to Guruparan's question, if you are trying to delete a subsite you need to use a different commandlet

Remove-SPWeb http://yourwebapp.example.com/sites/yoursite/yoursubsite

answered Sep 1, 2017 at 16:15

Mark Mascolino

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