Clean up test teams and SharePoint sites
Reduce clutter, save space and improve search results on your tenant by finding and deleting workspaces which were created for testing purposes only.
Your problem: Test sites and teams are cluttering search results
We've all done it. We create "Sarah's test site" to see what a team or a site will look like, or as a sandbox to experiment with new functionality.
But what happens when everyone who has ever been a part of the organization does this, and no one ever deletes these sites when they become obsolete? Not only does this consume valuable storage space, but the clutter it adds to search results also makes it hard for people to find content they might be urgently looking for.
The solution: Delete test sites and teams
You need a way to identify test sites, and then an easy and time-efficient way to delete these workspaces in bulk to free up space and declutter search results.
Step 1 - Identify test sites
SProbot's test workspace cleanup tool lists SharePoint sites which have site titles, library and list titles, or a significant number of folder and file names related to testing.
Step 2- Delete test sites
Once you've determined which workspaces to keep, it's as easy as selecting to delete those you've determined to definitely be test-related.
Looking for an out-of-the-box solution?
If you're not quite ready to commit to a third-party tool yet, have a look at cleaning up test sites and teams using various freely available options.
Why you need to optimise your SharePoint storage and security
Because Microsoft 365 makes it so easy to create a SharePoint site or a team, people tend to create new workspaces without considering whether a suitable container already exists, what template to use if not, or what the appropriate security settings should be.
This results in uncontrolled content sprawl and a compromised security posture.
You can gain control of your tenant by using SProbot's AI-powered governance and cleanup tools to stop sprawl, reduce storage costs, and increase the security of your data.
Stop content sprawl
Audit your existing tenant content with a set of cleanup tools which target the most common unwanted, obsolete and unmanaged workspace types.
Prevent duplicate and other unnecessary workspaces from being created with clearly defined governance policies and automated provisioning.
Save time and storage
Use bulk admin actions to assign ownership, apply labels and templates, and perform other common administrative tasks.
Reduce your consumption of expensive SharePoint storage by automating the archiving of inactive sites and teams, and cleaning up unneeded versions of large files.
Increase data security
Protect sensitive content by automating the detection of user activities which can result in the unwanted exposure of confidential files to those who should not have access.
Apply restrictive measures to sites which have been flagged by AI content assessment as containing data requiring access review.
