Powershell Script to delete sites and the corresponding sub-sites:

Powershell Script to delete sites and the corresponding sub-sites:

if ( (Get-PSSnapin -Name Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null ) {

    Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell

}

function RemoveSPWebRecursively(

    [Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb] $web)

{

    Write-Debug "Removing site ($($web.Url))..."

    

    $subwebs = $web.GetSubwebsForCurrentUser()

    

    foreach($subweb in $subwebs)

    {

        RemoveSPWebRecursively($subweb)

        $subweb.Dispose()

    }

    

    $DebugPreference = "SilentlyContinue"

    Remove-SPWeb $web -Confirm:$false

    $DebugPreference = "Continue"

}

$DebugPreference = "SilentlyContinue"

$web = Get-SPWeb "http://sitURL/Authoring/en-us"

$DebugPreference = "Continue"

If ($web -ne $null)

{

    RemoveSPWebRecursively $web

    $web.Dispose()

}