KeyClient.StartDeleteKey(String, CancellationToken) Method
Definition
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Deletes a key of any type from storage in Azure Key Vault.
public virtual Azure.Security.KeyVault.Keys.DeleteKeyOperation StartDeleteKey (string name, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);abstract member StartDeleteKey : string * System.Threading.CancellationToken -> Azure.Security.KeyVault.Keys.DeleteKeyOperation
override this.StartDeleteKey : string * System.Threading.CancellationToken -> Azure.Security.KeyVault.Keys.DeleteKeyOperationPublic Overridable Function StartDeleteKey (name As String, Optional cancellationToken As CancellationToken = Nothing) As DeleteKeyOperationParameters
- name
- String
The name of the key.
- cancellationToken
- CancellationToken
A CancellationToken controlling the request lifetime.
Returns
A DeleteKeyOperation 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 key; otherwise, the key is deleted automatically on the ScheduledPurgeDate.
Exceptions
name is an empty string.
name is null.
The server returned an error. See Message for details returned from the server.
Remarks
The delete key operation cannot be used to remove individual versions of a key. This operation removes the cryptographic material associated with the key, which means the key is not usable for Sign/Verify, Wrap/Unwrap or Encrypt/Decrypt operations. This operation requires the keys/delete permission.
Applies to
Azure SDK for .NET