Remove-AzureAccount
Deletes an Azure account from Windows PowerShell.
Note
The cmdlets referenced in this documentation are for managing legacy Azure resources that use Service Management APIs. See the Az PowerShell module for cmdlets to manage Azure Resource Manager resources.
Syntax
Remove-AzureAccount
-Name <String>
[-Force]
[-PassThru]
[-Profile <AzureSMProfile>]
[-WhatIf]
[-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>] Description
The Remove-AzureAccount cmdlet deletes an Azure account and its subscriptions from the subscription data file in your roaming user profile. It does not delete the account from Microsoft Azure, or change the actual account in any way.
Using this cmdlet is a lot like logging out of your Azure account. And, if you want to log into the account again, use the Add-AzureAccount or Import-AzurePublishSettingsFile to add the account to Windows PowerShell again.
You can also use Remove-AzureAccount cmdlet to change the way the Azure PowerShell cmdlets sign into your Azure account. If your account has both a management certificate from Import-AzurePublishSettingsFile and an access token from Add-AzureAccount, the Azure PowerShell cmdlets use only the access token; they ignore the management certificate. To use the management certificate, run Remove-AzureAccount. When Remove-AzureAccount finds both a management certificate and an access token, it deletes only the access token, instead of deleting the account. The management certificate is still there, so account is still available to Windows PowerShell.
This topic describes the cmdlet in the 0.8.10 version of the Microsoft Azure PowerShell module.
To get the version of the module you're using, in the Azure PowerShell console, type (Get-Module -Name Azure).Version.
Examples
Example 1: Remove an account
PS C:\> Remove-AzureAccount -Name admin@contoso.comThis command removes the admin@contoso.com from your subscription data file. When the command completes, the account is no longer available to Windows PowerShell.
Parameters
-Confirm
Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Aliases: | cf |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | False |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Force
Suppresses the confirmation prompt. By default, Remove-AzureAccount prompts you before removing the account from Windows PowerShell.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Name
Specifies the name of the account to remove. The parameter value is case-sensitive. Wildcard characters are not supported.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-PassThru
Returns $True if the command succeeds and $False if it fails. By default, this cmdlet does not return any output.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Profile
Specifies the Azure profile from which this cmdlet reads. If you do not specify a profile, this cmdlet reads from the local default profile.
| Type: | AzureSMProfile |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-WhatIf
Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Aliases: | wi |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | False |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
Inputs
None
You can pipe input to this cmdlet by property name, but not by value.
Outputs
None or System.Boolean
If you use the PassThru parameter, this cmdlet returns a Boolean value. Otherwise, it does not return any output.