Display All Deleted Site Collections

Scenario/Problem: You need to obtain a deleted site collection reference and therefore need a listing of deleted site collections regardless of content database.

Solution: Use the Get-SPDeletedSite cmdlet without any parameters.

To obtain a deleted site collection reference object, you need to find the URL (Identity) or Site Id of the site collection. Using the Get-SPDeletedSite cmdlet displays all deleted site collections, as shown in Figure 8.2.

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Figure 8.2. The Get-SPDeletedSite cmdlet displays all deleted sites.

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