I can't Delete my KeyVault Resource

Question

I tried anything but i don't know what can i do to force keyvault deletion and remove this warning.

Answer 1

Hi Engels,

Have you ensured all of the following resources have been deleted?

You can't delete a Recovery Services vault with any of the following dependencies:

• You can't delete a vault that contains protected data sources (for example, IaaS VMs, SQL databases, Azure file shares).
• You can't delete a vault that contains backup data. Once backup data is deleted, it will go into the soft deleted state.
• You can't delete a vault that contains backup data in the soft deleted state.
• You can't delete a vault that has registered storage accounts.

Also:

Disable the soft delete and Security features

1. Go to Properties -> Security Settings and disable the Soft Delete feature if enabled. See how to disable soft delete.
2. Go to Properties -> Security Settings and disable Security Features, if enabled. Learn more

Also:

Unregister Storage Accounts

Ensure all registered storage accounts are unregistered for successful vault deletion. Go to the vault dashboard menu > Backup Infrastructure > Storage Accounts. If you've storage accounts listed here, then you must unregister all of them. Learn more how to Unregister a storage account.

Also:

Remove Private Endpoints

Ensure there are no Private endpoints created for the vault. Go to Vault dashboard menu > Private endpoint Connections under 'Settings' > if the vault has any Private endpoint connections created or attempted to be created, ensure they are removed before proceeding with vault delete.

Ensure everything above is removed.

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Answer 2

Hi @ENGELS JIMENEZ ,

the error message is pointing to existing containers or private endpoints related/associated with the KeyVault.

If deleting the KeyVault is not working via Azure Portal you can give it a try to use PowerShell (Az Module) including the -Force parameter: Remove-AzKeyVault

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Andreas Baumgarten