How to delete resource groups in Azure

Question

Hi,

I have to delete the resource group created for the Azure Foundry. I currently do not have access to delete it, which is causing hourly costs. Need assist on this, it has been two days like this and this cost is rising up.

Regards,

Answer 1

Hello Ayush Kumar,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A and Thank you for reaching out.

I understand how frustrating it is to see hourly charges continue when you’re unable to delete a resource group. In Azure, deleting a resource group is restricted by permissions and configuration, so here’s how you can resolve this efficiently.

1. Verify your permissions

To delete a resource group, you must have one of the following roles:

Owner

Contributor

Resource Group Contributor

User Access Administrator (to assign roles)

If you don’t have these permissions:

Go to Azure Portal → Subscriptions → Access control (IAM)

Check your assigned role

If you’re missing the required role, contact the subscription Owner or administrator and ask them to either:

• Delete the resource group for you, or
• Grant you Contributor/Owner access so you can delete it yourself

2. Check for resource locks

Even with correct permissions, deletion can fail if a lock exists.

Steps:

Open the resource group in Azure Portal

Go to Settings → Locks

Remove any Delete or Read-only locks

Locks must be removed before deletion is allowed.

3. Identify and stop billable resources

Azure charges are incurred by resources, not by the resource group itself.

While access issues are being resolved:

Ask the subscription Owner to stop or delete running resources inside the group (Azure AI Foundry hubs, OpenAI deployments, compute, storage, etc.)

This will immediately stop further billing even if the resource group still exists

4. Check for dependent resources

Some resources may block deletion if they have dependencies (for example, disks attached to VMs).

• Review all resources inside the group
• Delete dependent resources first if required

5. Delete using CLI or PowerShell

If you have sufficient permissions, you can delete the resource group using:

Azure CLI

az group delete --name <ResourceGroupName>

PowerShell

Remove-AzResourceGroup -Name <ResourceGroupName>

These commands will prompt for confirmation before deletion.

Please refer this

• Troubleshoot issues with deleting a Resource Group
• Lock your resource to protect your infrastructure
• Azure Resource Manager resource group and resource deletion

I Hope this helps. Do let me know if you have any further queries.

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