Get Deleted Certificates - Get Deleted Certificates

Service:: Key Vault

API Version:: 2025-07-01

Lists the deleted certificates in the specified vault currently available for recovery.
The GetDeletedCertificates operation retrieves the certificates in the current vault which are in a deleted state and ready for recovery or purging. This operation includes deletion-specific information. This operation requires the certificates/get/list permission. This operation can only be enabled on soft-delete enabled vaults.

GET {vaultBaseUrl}/deletedcertificates?api-version=2025-07-01

With optional parameters:

GET {vaultBaseUrl}/deletedcertificates?api-version=2025-07-01&maxresults={maxresults}&includePending={includePending}

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
vaultBaseUrl	path	True	string (uri)
api-version	query	True	string minLength: 1	The API version to use for this operation.
includePending	query		boolean	Specifies whether to include certificates which are not completely provisioned.
maxresults	query		integer (int32) minimum: 1 maximum: 25	Maximum number of results to return in a page. If not specified the service will return up to 25 results.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	DeletedCertificateListResult	The request has succeeded.
Other Status Codes	KeyVaultError	An unexpected error response.

Security

OAuth2Auth

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name	Description
https://vault.azure.net/.default

Examples

GetDeletedCertificates

Sample request

HTTP

GET https://myvault.vault.azure.net//deletedcertificates?api-version=2025-07-01&maxresults=1

Sample response

Status code:: 200

{
  "value": [
    {
      "recoveryId": "https://myvault.vault.azure.net/deletedcertificates/listdeletedcerttest0",
      "deletedDate": 1493937659,
      "scheduledPurgeDate": 1501713659,
      "id": "https://myvault.vault.azure.net/certificates/listdeletedcerttest0",
      "x5t": "fLi3U52HunIVNXubkEnf8tP6Wbo",
      "attributes": {
        "enabled": true,
        "nbf": 1430344421,
        "exp": 2208988799,
        "created": 1493937658,
        "updated": 1493937658,
        "recoveryLevel": "Recoverable+Purgeable"
      }
    }
  ],
  "nextLink": "https://myvault.vault.azure.net:443/deletedcertificates?api-version=7.2&$skiptoken=eyJOZXh0TWFya2VyIjoiMiExMTIhTURBd01ETTVJV05sY25ScFptbGpZWFJsTDB4SlUxUkVSVXhGVkVWRVEwVlNWRlJGVTFRd0wxQlBURWxEV1NFd01EQXdNamdoT1RrNU9TMHhNaTB6TVZReU16bzFPVG8xT1M0NU9UazVPVGs1V2lFLSIsIlRhcmdldExvY2F0aW9uIjowfQ&maxresults=1"
}

Definitions

Name	Description
CertificateAttributes	The certificate management attributes.
DeletedCertificateItem	The deleted certificate item containing metadata about the deleted certificate.
DeletedCertificateListResult	A list of certificates that have been deleted in this vault.
DeletionRecoveryLevel	Reflects the deletion recovery level currently in effect for secrets in the current vault. If it contains 'Purgeable', the secret can be permanently deleted by a privileged user; otherwise, only the system can purge the secret, at the end of the retention interval.
Error
KeyVaultError	The key vault error exception.

CertificateAttributes

Object

The certificate management attributes.

Name	Type	Description
created	integer (unixtime)	Creation time in UTC.
enabled	boolean	Determines whether the object is enabled.
exp	integer (unixtime)	Expiry date in UTC.
nbf	integer (unixtime)	Not before date in UTC.
recoverableDays	integer (int32)	softDelete data retention days. Value should be >=7 and <=90 when softDelete enabled, otherwise 0.
recoveryLevel	DeletionRecoveryLevel	Reflects the deletion recovery level currently in effect for certificates in the current vault. If it contains 'Purgeable', the certificate can be permanently deleted by a privileged user; otherwise, only the system can purge the certificate, at the end of the retention interval.
updated	integer (unixtime)	Last updated time in UTC.

DeletedCertificateItem

Object

The deleted certificate item containing metadata about the deleted certificate.

Name	Type	Description
attributes	CertificateAttributes	The certificate management attributes.
deletedDate	integer (unixtime)	The time when the certificate was deleted, in UTC
id	string	Certificate identifier.
recoveryId	string	The url of the recovery object, used to identify and recover the deleted certificate.
scheduledPurgeDate	integer (unixtime)	The time when the certificate is scheduled to be purged, in UTC
tags	object	Application specific metadata in the form of key-value pairs.
x5t	string (base64url)	Thumbprint of the certificate.

DeletedCertificateListResult

Object

A list of certificates that have been deleted in this vault.

Name	Type	Description
nextLink	string	The URL to get the next set of deleted certificates.
value	DeletedCertificateItem[]	A response message containing a list of deleted certificates in the vault along with a link to the next page of deleted certificates.

DeletionRecoveryLevel

Enumeration

Reflects the deletion recovery level currently in effect for secrets in the current vault. If it contains 'Purgeable', the secret can be permanently deleted by a privileged user; otherwise, only the system can purge the secret, at the end of the retention interval.

Value	Description
Purgeable	Denotes a vault state in which deletion is an irreversible operation, without the possibility for recovery. This level corresponds to no protection being available against a Delete operation; the data is irretrievably lost upon accepting a Delete operation at the entity level or higher (vault, resource group, subscription etc.)
Recoverable+Purgeable	Denotes a vault state in which deletion is recoverable, and which also permits immediate and permanent deletion (i.e. purge). This level guarantees the recoverability of the deleted entity during the retention interval (90 days), unless a Purge operation is requested, or the subscription is cancelled. System wil permanently delete it after 90 days, if not recovered
Recoverable	Denotes a vault state in which deletion is recoverable without the possibility for immediate and permanent deletion (i.e. purge). This level guarantees the recoverability of the deleted entity during the retention interval (90 days) and while the subscription is still available. System wil permanently delete it after 90 days, if not recovered
Recoverable+ProtectedSubscription	Denotes a vault and subscription state in which deletion is recoverable within retention interval (90 days), immediate and permanent deletion (i.e. purge) is not permitted, and in which the subscription itself cannot be permanently canceled. System wil permanently delete it after 90 days, if not recovered
CustomizedRecoverable+Purgeable	Denotes a vault state in which deletion is recoverable, and which also permits immediate and permanent deletion (i.e. purge when 7 <= SoftDeleteRetentionInDays < 90). This level guarantees the recoverability of the deleted entity during the retention interval, unless a Purge operation is requested, or the subscription is cancelled.
CustomizedRecoverable	Denotes a vault state in which deletion is recoverable without the possibility for immediate and permanent deletion (i.e. purge when 7 <= SoftDeleteRetentionInDays < 90).This level guarantees the recoverability of the deleted entity during the retention interval and while the subscription is still available.
CustomizedRecoverable+ProtectedSubscription	Denotes a vault and subscription state in which deletion is recoverable, immediate and permanent deletion (i.e. purge) is not permitted, and in which the subscription itself cannot be permanently canceled when 7 <= SoftDeleteRetentionInDays < 90. This level guarantees the recoverability of the deleted entity during the retention interval, and also reflects the fact that the subscription itself cannot be cancelled.

Error

Object

Name	Type	Description
code	string	The error code.
innererror	Error	The key vault server error.
message	string	The error message.

KeyVaultError

Object

The key vault error exception.

Name	Type	Description
error	Error	The key vault server error.