help getting storage account created/restored

Question

I have been trying to create this storage account for 15+ days now. This is one that I deleted over 14 days ago, and when i tried to restore it I get an error. So I waited 14 days and it still says the name is taken. I would like a way to hard delete this so i can recreate it. The storage account name is stppqmmfgtest

Answer 1

Hi @ Kensei Kawamura,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A Platform.

As per Microsoft documentation, when a storage account is deleted, it enters a soft-deleted state for the retention period (default: 14 days). During this time:

• The storage account can be restored.
• The storage account name remains reserved.
• A new storage account cannot be created with the same name.

Ref: Recover a deleted storage account
After the retention period expires:

The storage account is permanently deleted.

• The name is released.
• The name becomes available globally.
• Any Azure customer (across any subscription or tenant) may create a storage account using that name.

Ref: Storage account name requirements

Because storage account names must be globally unique, Azure does not reserve the name for the original subscription once the retention period ends.

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