Deletegroup: Stsadm operation (Office SharePoint Server)

From Stsadm

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Operation name: Deletegroup

Description

Deletes a group created in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Owners of the group and site collection administrators are the only users who can delete a group.

NoteNote:
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