Is there any Storage cost for Azure Blob Soft Deleted Files?

Shivendoo Kumar 736 Reputation points
2020-06-26T05:19:15.163+00:00

Hi All,
I have a Azure Storage account and have enabled Blob soft delete for 2 days. [Retention period indicates the amount of time that soft deleted data is stored and available for recovery. You can retain soft deleted data for between 1 and 365 days.]

Would like to know there will be any storage cost for these 2 days? Or whatever moved to Soft Delete there will not be any charges?

If there is a cost for Blob soft delete, then is it exactly same as keeping the files as normal?

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  1. Andreas Baumgarten 96,441 Reputation points MVP
    2020-06-26T07:00:35.33+00:00

    The costs for Blob Storage Soft Delete are explained here:

    Soft delete for Blob storage - Pricing and billing

    All soft deleted data is billed at the same rate as active data.

    Maybe this is helpful.

    Regards

    Andreas Baumgarten

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  1. Sumarigo-MSFT 43,721 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2020-06-26T10:55:23.463+00:00

    @Shivendoo Kumar Adding more information @Andreas Baumgarten Soft delete and versioning charges the capacity being used by soft deleted blobs, or versions.

    The exact cost depends on how often your data is modified or deleted. If you didn’t modify anything or delete anything. There is no extra cost. If all 100GB is deleted, then you are paying for the 100GB for 30 days of the soft delete.

    Hope this helps!

    Kindly let us know if the above helps or you need further assistance on this issue.

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