This article lists common error messages that you may receive when you change or rename a SharePoint site address (URL). Based on the information in each message, you can determine why the site cannot be renamed and how to fix the error.
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Error message |
Solution |
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This site address is unavailable. |
Choose a different name. |
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This site is locked. |
Unlock the site and retry the rename. |
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This site is write locked. |
Unlock the site and retry the rename. |
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This site is read-only. |
Mark the site to read-write and retry the rename. |
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This site template is not supported for rename. |
This site can't be renamed. |
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This is a Hub Site. |
This site can't be renamed. |
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This is a top-level site. |
This site can't be renamed. |
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The root site '<https://contoso.sharepoint.com>' for this tenant does not exist. |
Restore the root site or create a new one. |
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This site's URL cannot be changed because it contains sites that are included in an eDiscovery hold or retention policy |
This site can't be changed. |
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The target site URL is not a valid URL. |
Use a valid target URL. |
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The target URL contains invalid characters or exceeds maximum length 128. |
Don't contain unsupported characters and exceed maximum length 128 in the target URL. |
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The target site url shouldn't be empty. |
Use a valid target site URL. |
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The Office 365 group does not exist. |
Make sure the Office 365 group exists. |
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The Office 365 group is still being created. |
Wait for the group to be created. |
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An address change is already in progress. |
Wait for few minutes and the change should be done. |
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The new site name is too long. |
The path for all files and folders in the site can't exceed 400 characters. |
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CurrentSiteUrl '<https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/currentsite>' has different ManagedPath with NewSiteUrl '<https://contoso.sharepoint.com/teams/newsite>'. |
Only relative path rename is supported. |
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Information Rights Management (IRM) is applied to this site. |
To change the site address, disable IRM for the site. |
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The site contains a SharePoint 2013 workflow. |
The workflow might need to be republished after you change the site address. |
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An app is installed on the site. |
The app might need to be recreated and reinstalled after you change the site address. |
More information
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