SPWeb.Delete Method

Deletes the website.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SharePoint
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)
Available in Sandboxed Solutions: Yes
Available in SharePoint Online

Syntax

'Declaration
<ClientCallableExceptionConstraintAttribute(FixedId := "SPException$-2146232832", ErrorType := GetType(SPException),  _
    Condition := "The current site is the top level site.", ErrorCode := )> _
<ClientCallableMethodAttribute(Name := "DeleteObject", RemoveThisObjectFromParentCollection := True)> _
Public Sub Delete
'Usage
Dim instance As SPWeb

instance.Delete()

[ClientCallableExceptionConstraintAttribute(FixedId = "SPException$-2146232832", ErrorType = typeof(SPException), 
    Condition = "The current site is the top level site.", ErrorCode = )]
[ClientCallableMethodAttribute(Name = "DeleteObject", RemoveThisObjectFromParentCollection = true)]
public void Delete()

Exceptions

Remarks

To delete a site collection, use the Delete method.

Examples

The following code example deletes a specified website.

Using siteCollection As New SPSite("https://localhost")
    Dim webSite As SPWeb = siteCollection.AllWebs("DeleteWebSite")
    webSite.Delete()

End Using

using (SPSite oSiteCollection = new SPSite("http://Site_Name"))
{
    SPWeb oWebsite = oSiteCollection.AllWebs["DeleteWebSite"];

    oWebsite.Delete();
    oWebsite.Dispose();
}

See Also

Reference

SPWeb Class

SPWeb Members

Microsoft.SharePoint Namespace