SharePoint 2013 - Deleted subsites not going in Recycle Bin

Question

I am a bit confused with regards to the Recycle Bin when it comes to SharePoint 2013.

A few quick Google searches suggested that when one deletes a sub-site, the site will not be permanently deleted but it will go to the Site Recycle bin and then to the Site Collection Administration Recycle Bin.

However, whenever I try to create a sub-site and delete it, both the recycle bins are empty and the sub sites cannot be restored.

These are the steps I followed:

Create a Sub-Site

Delete a sub-site

Site Recycle Bin Contents

Site Content Administration Recycle Bin

Links:

• https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Restore-a-deleted-object-from-a-SharePoint-Recycle-Bin-dd5c00c2-aef6-4458-9d04-80b185077653#__toc294595530
• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261680%28v=office.12%29.aspx
• https://support.office.com/en-us/article/View-restore-or-delete-items-in-the-Recycle-Bin-of-a-SharePoint-site-6df466b6-55f2-4898-8d6e-c0dff851a0be
• https://redmondmag.com/articles/2014/11/06/sharepoint-2013-recycle-bin.aspx

So do sub-sites get deleted permanently?

I read somewhere that you need about 50%(?) of storage quota for the items to be store in the recycle bin, however storage is not an issue as we did not surpass 50% of the allocated amount.

Answer 1

Deleted subsites not going in Recycle Bin

They are there, but You should find them with this path:

http://server/_layouts/15/AdminRecycleBin.aspx?View=2

...or view=13 for he case of SharePoint Online