It is crucial to delete the disk in Azure if it is not being used. I have identified two simple approaches to doing this task quickly. In this article, I will walk you through both approaches.
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Delete Disk In Azure
Let us dive deep into those approaches individually.
- Approach-1: Using Azure Portal
- Approach-2: Using Azure PowerShell
Approach-1: Using Azure Portal
Follow the below steps.
Note: Before deleting the disk, ensure the status of the disk state is unattached.
1. Log in to the Azure Portal (https://azurelessons.com/).
2. Search for disks and click on the search result.
3. You will now see all the available disks you have created. Click on the one you wish to delete.
4. Ensure the Disk state is “Unattached,” then click the Delete button, as highlighted in the screenshot below.
Click on the OK button for the confirmation of the deletion process.
Now, the disk got deleted successfully. Check out the screenshot below.
Approach-2: Using Azure PowerShell
You can execute the below Azure PowerShell command to remove or delete the disks in Azure.
Remove-AzDisk -ResourceGroupName 'DEMOVM' -DiskName 'AzureITVM_OsDisk_1_890ad626b6a9490b9b867a3c87b474f3' -ForceAfter executing the above command, the disks got deleted successfully. Check out the screenshot below.
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I am Rajkishore, and I am a Microsoft Certified IT Consultant. I have over 14 years of experience in Microsoft Azure and AWS, with good experience in Azure Functions, Storage, Virtual Machines, Logic Apps, PowerShell Commands, CLI Commands, Machine Learning, AI, Azure Cognitive Services, DevOps, etc. Not only that, I do have good real-time experience in designing and developing cloud-native data integrations on Azure or AWS, etc. I hope you will learn from these practical Azure tutorials. Read more.
