CertificateClient.StartDeleteCertificate(String, CancellationToken) Method

Definition

Deletes all versions of the specified KeyVaultCertificate. If the vault is soft delete-enabled, the KeyVaultCertificate will be marked for permanent deletion and can be recovered with StartRecoverDeletedCertificate(String, CancellationToken), or purged with PurgeDeletedCertificate(String, CancellationToken). This operation requires the certificates/delete permission.

public virtual Azure.Security.KeyVault.Certificates.DeleteCertificateOperation StartDeleteCertificate (string certificateName, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
abstract member StartDeleteCertificate : string * System.Threading.CancellationToken -> Azure.Security.KeyVault.Certificates.DeleteCertificateOperation
override this.StartDeleteCertificate : string * System.Threading.CancellationToken -> Azure.Security.KeyVault.Certificates.DeleteCertificateOperation
Public Overridable Function StartDeleteCertificate (certificateName As String, Optional cancellationToken As CancellationToken = Nothing) As DeleteCertificateOperation

Parameters

certificateName
String

The name of the KeyVaultCertificate to delete.

cancellationToken
CancellationToken

A CancellationToken controlling the request lifetime.

Returns

A DeleteCertificateOperation to wait on this long-running operation. If the Key Vault is soft delete-enabled, you only need to wait for the operation to complete if you need to recover or purge the certificate; otherwise, the certificate is deleted automatically on the ScheduledPurgeDate.

Exceptions

certificateName is empty.

certificateName is null.

Applies to