Trying to remove resources, linked to non existent VMs

Question

Hello,

I have been trying to remove some resources from my resource group in my Azure Portal but they appear to be attached to a non existent VM. i get the errors relating to dissociating the network interfaces and virtual network from the resource group.

Below is the error i get (with info removed that may be sensitive to my tenant)

aadds-redacted-nic: Network Interface /subscriptions/redacted/resourceGroups/AzureAD-AADS/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/aadds-redacted-nic is used by existing resource /subscriptions/redacted/resourceGroups/Cust-redacted/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/redacted.32dd2a58. In order to delete the network interface, it must be dissociated from the resource. To learn more, see aka.ms/deletenic. (Code: NicInUse)

The issue is that the virtual machine does not exist so i cannot remove the nic, nsg or vnet.

Thanks in advance for your help
James

Answer 1

@James Hart , Apologies for the delay in response. Try with this command for removing ghosted NICs,

Get-AzNetworkInterface | where-object { $_.VirtualMachine -eq $null } | Remove-azNetworkInterface  

If you want to list the unattached NICs then you can use this command,

Get-AzNetworkInterface | where-object { $_.VirtualMachine -eq $null } | ft name  

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Answer 2

Hi @suvasara-MSFT

Thanks for your response, however I have a slight issue with this.
I don't think I am able to do that as I don't the Azure cloud shell on my account.
It is from a free trial period, which has expired this morning, so I just want to remove the resource group and associated resources so we are not billed for them.

Is there any alternative way to do this?

Kind Regards,
James