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Steps To Delete The Recovery Services Vault In Azure

This article will show you the steps required to delete the Recovery Services Vault.

Steps

The first step is to disable soft delete. For that, go to the Properties and then click on the Update link of the Security Settings

Picture showing the Security Settings in the properties submenu of recovery services vault

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A screen will appear to disable the soft delete. Select the disable and click on the Save button

Picture showing the Security Settings screen for disabling soft delete

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Next step is to delete the backup items. For that, click on Backup Items. A list of items will appear on the right-hand side. In this example, we will click on the Azure Virtual Machine as this is the only item, we have in the recovery services vault

Picture showing the list of backup items in the recovery services vault

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A list of backup items will appear. Click on the ellipsis and select the Stop backup option

Picture showing the context menu with stop backup option

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A window will appear where you can stop the backup process and delete the existing backup. Enter all the details and click on the Stop backup button

Picture showing a screen to stop backup and delete backup data

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Once the backup is deleted, click on the Overview tab of the selected Recovery Services Vault and click on the Delete button

Picture showing the delete button for deleting the recovery services vault

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Once you click the Delete button, a confirmation screen will appear. Click on the Yes button to start the deletion process

Picture showing the confirmation screen for deleting the recovery services vault

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Posted By -	Karan Gupta

Posted On -	Sunday, April 25, 2021

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