Forcedeletelist: Stsadm operation (Office SharePoint Server)

From Stsadm

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Description

Allows a user to delete a list that might appear to be in a corrupted state.

NoteNote:
This operation should be use as a last effort to remove a list.
When you use this operation, forcedeleteweb is displayed instead of forcedeletelist. If you attempt to run the forcedeletelist operation using the forcedeleteweb command, the following error message is displayed:
"Missing operation name or the operation name is invalid."

Syntax

stsadm -o forcedeletelist

   -url <URL>

Parameters

Parameter name Value Required? Description

url

A valid URL, such as http://server_name/site_name/list_name

Yes

The URL of the list to be deleted.