Empty SharePoint Online Site Recycle Bin

Summary

This sample script shows how to empty SharePoint online site first stage and second stage recycle bin.

Scenario inspired from this blog post: SharePoint Online: Empty Recycle Bin using PnP PowerShell

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CLI for Microsoft 365


# SharePoint online site URL
$siteUrl = "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/SPConnect"

# Connect to SharePoint online site
Connect-PnPOnline -Url $siteUrl -Interactive

# Move all items from the first stage recycle bin to the second stage recycle bin
Move-PnPRecycleBinItem

# Empty second stage recycle bin in SharePoint site
Clear-PnPRecycleBinItem -SecondStageOnly

# Empty both first stage and second stage recycle bin in SharePoint site
Clear-PnPRecycleBinItem -All

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# SharePoint online site URL
$siteUrl = "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/SPConnect"

# Get Credentials to connect
$m365Status = m365 status
if ($m365Status -match "Logged Out") {
   m365 login
}

# Empty first stage recycle bin in SharePoint site permanently
m365 spo site recyclebinitem clear --siteUrl $siteUrl

# Empty second stage recycle bin in SharePoint site
m365 spo site recyclebinitem clear --siteUrl $siteUrl --secondary

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Contributors

Author(s)
Ganesh Sanap

Disclaimer

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