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Soft delete in Azure container registry doesn't work
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Oleg Deribas
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I have soft delete enabled on my ACR instance but when I delete repository it does not show up in "Manage deleted repositories" tab, just disappears. Instead in "Manage deleted repositories" there's one repository visible which was deleted a year ago and scheduled purge date "01/07/2024, 13:14 CEST".
In addition "Used storage" value never goes down after I delete repository. So it looks like deleted repositories still use storage.
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Markapuram Sudheer Reddy 2,050 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator2025-06-25T10:07:16.4366667+00:00 Hi Oleg Deribas,
There are a few limitations and considerations while soft delete is in preview. https://learn.microsoft.com/id-id/azure/container-registry/container-registry-soft-delete-policy#preview-limitations
Please check geo-replication is enabled. The soft delete policy doesn't support a geo-replicated registry.
Instead of portal, try to check using cli, as it is in preview. az acr repository list-deleted -n <myregistry>
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/acr/repository?view=azure-cli-latest#az-acr-repository-list-deleted
If the soft delete was enabled for your ACR, those images will still be occupying the space in the ACR. Space will be reclaimed only after the retention period. So soft deleted images will be removed only after that retention period and corresponding space will be reclaimed.
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Oleg Deribas 1 Reputation point
2025-06-25T12:08:33.5466667+00:00 This registry is on "Basic" pricing plan so geo-replication is off and not possible to enable.
Here's a complete response fromaz acr repository list-deleted -n myregistryand it matches what I see in the portal:[ { "createdAt": "2024-04-04T06:57:16.1468217Z", "deletedAt": "2024-06-24T11:14:52.8084309Z", "repository": "my/repository" } ]Retention period is 7 days, so this repository should've been deleted a year ago, but it isn't.
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Markapuram Sudheer Reddy 2,050 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2025-06-27T00:16:46.71+00:00 Hi Oleg Deribas,
Kindly submit a support ticket so the backend team can review and address your query, and please share the case ID for further follow-up.
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