Storage account/API management deletion issue

Question

I have 2 deletion issues:

1. Storage account - I'm trying to delete a storage account and re-create in another subscription with the same name. From documentation, I can see it can take up to take 14 days. My problem is I deleted it on the 9th of June today is the 26th and I still can't recreate it. I can see the account has now gone from the restore list but I still can't use the name?
2. API Management - Same scenario, I deleted and I'm trying to recreate it with the same name in another subscription. I deleted this also on the 9th of June, I also purged this from the command line and double-checked it's been removed from the soft delete list. I was under the impression this would work immediately, but when it didn't, I waited over 14 days as I was waiting for the storage name anyway.

I would be grateful for any help or info that could help me to resolve this. In the meantime, I have created using a different name but would really like to use the intended name as they appear in architectural diagrams.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Russell Thanks for posting your question in Microsoft Q&A.

#1 I think you are referring to Recover a deleted storage account doc about 14 days. You may be able to recover the deleted storage account within 14 days by the following instructions in the doc. However, this is not same as deleting the storage account and trying to recreate it with the same name.

For both storage account and API Management scenarios (even after purging), this is due to Prevent dangling DNS entries and avoid subdomain takeover and this feature from Azure Name Reservation services ties the service name to the customer's subscription (for a cool off period). Here is similar discussion and you can wait for the cool off period (Enterprise subscription - 180 days, non-enterprise subscription in general - 7 days (some: 30 days)) for the name to be available again. Check out Identify dangling DNS entries doc to get all DNS entries for a subscription/tenant.

If you need immediate help and can verify both subscriptions belong to the same owner, reach out to azure support team and they can further assist you with that. I hope this helps and let me know if you have any questions.

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