Delete SharePoint sites recursively

Today I tried to delete a SharePoint site (SPWeb) with child sites inside. I tried to delete it form administrator interface but I got an error. Something was wrong with templates or site structure. So I decided to use PowerShell for SharePoint.

I entered "Remove-SPWeb http://spdev/folder/" and pressed enter, but I got an error that this site has child sites and cannot be deleted.

So I decided to write a PowerShell script for removing:

function RemoveSPWebRecursively(
[Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb] $web)
{
Write-Debug "Removing site ($($web.Url))..."

$subwebs = $web.GetSubwebsForCurrentUser()

foreach($subweb in $subwebs)
{
RemoveSPWebRecursively($subweb)
$subweb.Dispose()
}

$DebugPreference = "SilentlyContinue"
Remove-SPWeb $web -Confirm:$false
$DebugPreference = "Continue"
}

$DebugPreference = "SilentlyContinue"
$web = Get-SPWeb "http://spdev/folder/"
$DebugPreference = "Continue"

If ($web -ne $null)
{
RemoveSPWebRecursively $web
$web.Dispose()
}

function RemoveSPWebRecursively(

[Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb] $web)

{

Write-Debug "Removing site ($($web.Url))..."

$subwebs = $web.GetSubwebsForCurrentUser()

foreach($subweb in $subwebs)

{

RemoveSPWebRecursively($subweb)

$subweb.Dispose()

}

$DebugPreference = "SilentlyContinue"

Remove-SPWeb $web -Confirm:$false

$DebugPreference = "Continue"

}

$DebugPreference = "SilentlyContinue"

$web = Get-SPWeb "http://spdev/folder/"

$DebugPreference = "Continue"

If ($web -ne $null)

{

RemoveSPWebRecursively $web

$web.Dispose()

}

2 April 2013, admin
SharePoint
Tags: PowerShell, SharePoint
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