In this article, we will see how to delete a site collection in SharePoint 2013 Central Admin. A site collection will act like a base for all of your different sites on SharePoint. You can use it for your organization or a public facing Website. If you delete a site collection, all the sub sites and contents will be deleted.
How to delete?
Let’s open Central Admin of SharePoint on your machine. On your Windows desktop screen, click Start >> Administrative Tools >> SharePoint 2013 Central Administration.
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- Run it as an administrator to have the elevated privileges.
- You will see the screenshot given below.
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- Central Admin is configured under the categories given below.
- Click on Application Management.
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- Go to Web Applications >> Under Site Collections.
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- Click on “Delete a Site Collection”.
- You will see the screen shown below.
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Configuration
- Site Collection
Choose the site collection, which you want to delete.
Note
If you delete a site collection, all the sub sites and contents will be deleted.
- Once you select a site collection, a delete button will be enabled below on the right side.
- Click on it, your site collection will be deleted.
Here in this article, we saw how to delete a site collection in SharePoint, using central administration. There are more to come on Central administration. Until then keep reading and keep learning.