unable to delete sharepoint home library

Question

I'm trying to delete the home library as it is not needed anymore. Unfortunately, there isn't a 'delete library' option under the permissions section. Does anyone know how to delete this library? I have tried the following (see screenshot):

Hopefully, I'm doing something wrong.

Answer 1

Please see below your updated PowerShell code to delete library

SharePoint On-premises

$web = Get-SPweb "Site Url"
$list = $web.Lists["Documents"]
$list.AllowDeletion =$true
$list.Update() 
$list.Delete()

Office 365

$SiteUrl = "Site Url"
$Cred = Get-Credential
$credentials = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredentials($Cred.Username, $Cred.Password)
$ctx = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($SiteUrl)
$ctx.Credentials = $Credentials
$ctx.Load($ctx.Web)
$ctx.ExecuteQuery()

$list=$ctx.Web.Lists.GetByTitle("Documents")
$ctx.Load($list)
$ctx.ExecuteQuery()

$list.AllowDeletion = $true
$list.Update()
$ctx.ExecuteQuery()

$list.DeleteObject()
$ctx.ExecuteQuery()

Note: For Office 365 you need SharePoint Online Management Shell install on your machine. That you can download from below link

SharePoint Online Management Shell

Answer 2

Looks like you are using SharePoint Online.

In this case, you can use the PnP PowerShell to interact with SPO and perform operations.

Simply install the module as below:

Install-Module SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline

After that, you can delete the list as below:

Connect-PnPOnline -Url "<https://site-collection-url>"
Remove-PnPList -Identity Documents -Force

References - PnP-PowerShell

Remove-PnPList