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I am running the Get-SPDeletedSite PowerShell command in the SharePoint Farm to get the deleted Site IDs which I will use to restore the deleted Site Collection in SharePoint OnPrem but I get nothing back when I run the Get-SPDeletedSite command like so:

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I am expecting a list of deleted Site Collections but it just comes back with nothing, no error no list.

Please let me know how best I can get the ID of the deleted site so that I can use that ID to restore the deleted site.

I will be using the Restore-SPDeletedSite Powershell command but I just can't get the Site ID of the deleted site in the first place. Please advice.

Thank you.

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Along with the Get-SPDeletedSite command, you need to pass the parameter.

Some examples are below:

Example 1.

Get-SPDeletedSite "/"

Description:

This example gets a deleted site collection from the root site.

Example 2.

Get-SPDeletedSite '/Site/cat*'

Description:

This example matches a deleted site collection that contains any combination with the string "cat". The asterisk (*) wildcard character requests a match for multiple characters.

Example 3.

Get-SPDeletedSite -Identity 610857cb-8414-4a89-8bf3-ad3628f6c86c

Description:

This example gets a specific deleted site collection by using a site ID.

MSDN Reference URL:

Get-SPDeletedSite

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  • When I type the Get-SPDeletedSite "/" command, I get an this error: Cannot find an SPDeletedSite object with Id or Url: /.
    – theITvideos
    Commented Jul 6, 2020 at 23:23
  • Check your manage path, then based on that pass parameter
    – SP 2022
    Commented Jul 7, 2020 at 1:40
  • btw, the 'SPDeletedSite' command retrieves the list of deleted site from the [SiteDeletion] table in the Content Database. I did a quick check, the [SiteDeletion] table has 0 rows. The question is where did my deleted Site Collection go?
    – theITvideos
    Commented Jul 7, 2020 at 6:29
  • Try to find the site from site recycle bin
    – SP 2022
    Commented Jul 7, 2020 at 13:48
  • It is a Site Collection, not sub site, I know we could a easily restore a deleted subsite from its site collection. If the deleted site collection is not present in the [SiteDeletion] table in content db, where did the deleted site go, has the gradual site delete timer job anything to do with it?
    – theITvideos
    Commented Jul 8, 2020 at 2:23
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The SPDeletedSite has the same retention period as the first stage recycle bin. By default that is 30 days for SharePoint.

Similar issue post for your reference:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/4821a2b2-b0b8-4be6-abe4-30e6e17cf18b/sharepoint-2013-how-long-are-site-collections-retained-after-being-deleted?forum=sharepointadmin

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