How to delete members;s personal sites

Question

I have created a community site, but some members of the community have created personal sites, which I do not want at this stage. But I am as the site administrator, I am unable to find a way to delete their personal sites, which include a blog, their personal photos, etc. can anyone advice please. Thanks

Answer 1

Refer the following links,

1. http://office.microsoft.com/en-in/office365-sharepoint-online-enterprise-help/manage-personal-and-social-features-HA102772280.aspx

2. How to delete a my site for a single user - SharePoint 2013 on premises

To delete using powershell, use the following code

#PowerShell Script - Delete All Users Personel Sites - SharePoint 2010
#The scripts is distributet "as-is." Use it on your own risk. The author give no warranties, guarantees or conditions.

#Add SharePoint PowerShell SnapIn if not already added
 if ((Get-PSSnapin "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null) {
    Add-PSSnapin "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell"
}
[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.Office.Server")

$mysiteHostUrl = "http://my"
$mysite = Get-SPSite $mysiteHostUrl
$context = [Microsoft.Office.Server.ServerContext]::GetContext($mysite)

$upm =  New-Object Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.UserProfileManager($context)

$AllProfiles = $upm.GetEnumerator()

foreach($profile in $AllProfiles)
{
   $DisplayName = $profile.DisplayName
   $AccountName = $profile[[Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.PropertyConstants]::AccountName].Value  

   if($profile.PersonalSite -ne $Null)
   {

       $profile.PersonalSite.Delete()
       write-host $AccountName , " personel site deleted successfully"
   }
}
$mysite.Dispose();

Hope this might help you.

Answer 2

the code above didn't work for me directly (SP2013) because for some reason the Users "PersonalSite"-Attribute was not filled, so I modified the foreach loop as follows (a bit crude, but you get the idea):

foreach($profile in $AllProfiles)
 {
   $DisplayName = $profile.DisplayName  
   Remove-SPSite -Identity $profile.UrlToCreatePersonalSite -GradualDelete -Confirm:$false
   write-host $DisplayName , " personal site deleted successfully"   
 }

HTH