run the following code on a sharepoint server powershell admin console: Write-Host $siteUrl #Get the site collection to delete $Site = Get-SPSite https://ucshare.canterbury.ac.nz/sitename #Get the content database of the site collection $SiteContentDB = $site.ContentDatabase #Force delete site collection $SiteContentDB.ForceDeleteSite($Site.Id, $false, $false)   If that does not work, you can use this one - you need to get the site id for this to work - see tip 268 (https://ucsharehub.canterbury.ac.nz/management/thehub/Lists/HowToDoThings/DispForm.aspx?ID=268) Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue stsadm -o deletesite -force -siteid "71d8e2dd-a967-4234-83b9-62c0149fb449 " -databaseserver UCSP15SQLDB -databasename SP15content_UCShare_Prod_1203 #Read more: http://www.sharepointdiary.com/2014/09/force-delete-corrupted-site-collections-in-sharepoint.html#ixzz5uYIB4jDu