Cannot delete devices from Intune using PS.

Question

Cannot delete devices from the Intune using PS.

To get devices I use Graph API (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/intune-devices-manageddevice-list?view=graph-rest-1.0&tabs=http).

To delete I use https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/intune-devices-manageddevice-delete?view=graph-rest-1.0&tabs=http. The GrpahAPI expects parameter deviceId.

E.g.:

Invoke-MgGraphRequest -Method DELETE -Uri "v1.0/deviceManagement/managedDevices/$($ManagedDevice.id)"

Or

Remove-MgDeviceManagementManagedDevice -ManagedDeviceId $ManagedDevice.id

 

If I run any of these commands, they complete without errors but do not delete the device.

I tried to change one digit in device id and commands returned the error. So endpoint parses the id, not ignores it.

 

I analyzed what happens when I delete the device from the UI.

The system sends: DELETE to https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/devices/%Device_Object_Id%

And this is the problem. Object Id is visible only from the UI and not returned when I use the code from the first link.

E.g.

The device from the UI:

When I load same device using PS, I get Device ID, but do not get Object ID.

If I delete this device from the UI, the system will send DELETE to https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/devices/aaaaaaaa-aaaa-aaaaa-8f83-fc0c3444cf31

If I run

Remove-MgDeviceManagementManagedDevice -ManagedDeviceId $DeviceID

nothing happens. No errors, and the device is not deleted.

If I delete the device from UI it uses Object Id:

Is this expected behavior or a bug? If the behavior is expected where I can find the object id?

Answer 1

@Oleg Tserkovnyuk, Thanks for posting in Q&A. Based on my testing, I find the delete has some time delay. For the first I run the remove command, I find the device record still there.

But after waiting some time and run again, I find the device is removed.

And the device is removed in portal as well.

Please wait some time and try again to see if it can work.

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