Remove-AzureDisk
Removes a disk from the Azure disk repository.
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-AzureDisk
[-DiskName] <String>
[-DeleteVHD]
[-Profile <AzureSMProfile>]
[-InformationAction <ActionPreference>]
[-InformationVariable <String>]
[<CommonParameters>] Description
The Remove-AzureDisk cmdlet removes a disk from the Azure disk repository in the current subscription. By default, this cmdlet does not delete the virtual hard disk (VHD) file from blob storage. To delete the VHD, specify the DeleteVHD parameter.
Examples
Example 1: Remove a disk
PS C:\> Remove-AzureDisk -DiskName "ContosoDataDisk"This command removes the disk named ContosoDataDisk disk from the disk repository. The command does not delete the VHD.
Example 2: Remove and delete a disk
PS C:\> Remove-AzureDisk -DiskName "ContosoDataDisk" -DeleteVHDThis command removes the disk named ContosoDataDisk disk from the disk repository. This command specifies the DeleteVHD parameter. Therefore, the command deletes the VHD from Azure Storage.
Parameters
-DeleteVHD
Indicates that this cmdlet removes the VHD from blob storage.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-DiskName
Specifies the name of the data disk in the disk repository that this cmdlet removes.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | 0 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-InformationAction
Specifies how this cmdlet responds to an information event.
The acceptable values for this parameter are:
- Continue
- Ignore
- Inquire
- SilentlyContinue
- Stop
- Suspend
| Type: | ActionPreference |
| Aliases: | infa |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-InformationVariable
Specifies an information variable.
| Type: | String |
| Aliases: | iv |
| 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 |