Error Description : When we try to delete ( From site settings wizard) a sharepoint site ( Not a site collection) which has some sub sites created under it, we get following error message :
Error deleting Web site . You can't delete a site that has subssites
Stsadm -o deleteweb command too doesn't delete such sites and throws the same error.
Solution : Try following steps from site settings to delete such sites:
- Site Actions -> Site Settings
- Site Administration: Content and Structure
- In the left column, move to the parent of the main site to be deleted
- In the right column, choose the site to be deleted (YourSite in our example)
- Menu: Actions -> Delete
- Deleting the selected sites will permanently delete all content and user information. All subsites in this site will also be permanently lost. Do you want to continue?: OK
Hope this will help. ;-)
