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Deletegroup: Stsadm operation (Windows SharePoint Services)

Applies To: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

 

Topic Last Modified: 2007-06-08

Operation name: Deletegroup

Description

Deletes a group created in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Owners of the group and site collection administrators are the only users who can delete a group.

Note

A confirmation dialog box is not displayed when the deletegroup operation is run. If the operation runs correctly, you will receive the following message: "Operation completely successfully."

Syntax

stsadm -o deletegroup

**   -url <URL name>**

**   -name <group name>**

Parameters

Parameter Value Required? Description

url

A valid URL, such as

http://server_name

Yes

The URL of the Web application to which the group name is being deleted

name

A valid group name, such as "Test1"

Yes

The name of the group that is to be deleted