How to delete B2C tenant through PowerShell

Question

I was able to programmatically delete a B2C tenant through the following PowerShell but it no longer works. The request is listed as 'Accepted' but the tenant is never deleted. I've gone through the delete tenant checklist in the portal so it should be ok. Used this doc for reference https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/activedirectory/b2c-tenants/delete?tabs=HTTP. With the exception of the linked doc, all other documentation points to deleting within the portal. Why would this api call be blocked? Or am I doing something wrong? Thanks

$ApiVersion = "2021-04-01"
$B2CName = "<tenantName>.onmicrosoft.com"
$access_token = Get-AzAccessToken -ResourceUrl "https://management.azure.com/"
$headers = New-Object "System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[[String],[String]]"
$headers.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
$headers.Add("Authorization", 'Bearer ' + $access_token.Token)
        
$b2cUri = $ManagementAzureUri + "subscriptions/$SubscriptionId/resourceGroups/$ResourceGroupName/providers/Microsoft.AzureActiveDirectory/b2cDirectories/$B2CName" + "?api-version=$ApiVersion"
        
Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $b2cUri -Method 'DELETE' -Headers $headers -Verbose

Answer 1

@Robert Dillon (Azure Admin)

Thank you for your post and I apologize for the delayed response!

In order to delete your B2C tenant using PowerShell, please make sure you run the Invoke-RestMethod Delete command as the last step in the deletion process. For more info - How do I delete my Azure AD B2C tenant?

• When creating my test B2C tenant and trying to delete it right after creation. I didn't realize that I still needed to follow the steps in order to delete my tenant.
• 

Once I removed the **b2c-extensions-app **and selected "Yes" under the "Access management for Azure resources" Azure AD property, I was able to successfully delete my B2C tenant via PowerShell.

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$SubscriptionId = "<SubID>"
$ResourceGroupName = "B2C"
$ManagementAzureUri = "https://management.azure.com/"
$B2CName = "deleteB2CTenant.onmicrosoft.com"

$ApiVersion = "2021-04-01"
$access_token = Get-AzAccessToken -ResourceUrl "https://management.azure.com/"
$headers = New-Object "System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[[String],[String]]"
$headers.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
$headers.Add("Authorization", 'Bearer ' + $access_token.Token)

$b2cUri = $ManagementAzureUri + "subscriptions/$SubscriptionId/resourceGroups/$ResourceGroupName/providers/Microsoft.AzureActiveDirectory/b2cDirectories/$B2CName" + "?api-version=$ApiVersion"

Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $b2cUri -Method 'DELETE' -Headers $headers -Verbose

I hope this helps!

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