How to Delete a Container from an Azure Storage Account using PowerShell

In this blog, you will see how to delete a container from an Azure storage account using PowerShell.

Introduction 

In this blog, you will see how to delete a container from an Azure Storage Account using PowerShell.

Prerequisites:

Install Azure PowerShell Module to run the script.

PowerShell Script:

Open Notepad and paste the following script. Save the file as script.ps1.

################# Azure Blob Storage - PowerShell ####################

## Input Parameters
$resourceGroupName="azpractice"
$storageAccName="azstorageacc1122020"
$containerName="container003"

## Connect to Azure Account
Connect-AzAccount

## Function to delete a container
Function DeleteStorageContainer
{
    Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Deleting the storage container.."
    ## Get the storage account in which container has to be created
    $storageAcc=Get-AzStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Name $storageAccName
    ## Get the storage account context
    $ctx=$storageAcc.Context
    ## Delete a container
    Remove-AzStorageContainer -Container $containerName -Context $ctx -Force
}

DeleteStorageContainer

## Disconnect from Azure Account
Disconnect-AzAccount

Open a Windows PowerShell window and navigate to the location where the script file was saved.

Run the following command.

.\script.ps1

 

Result:

“container003” deleted successfully.

Reference:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/az.storage/remove-azstoragecontainer?view=azps-3.3.0

Summary:

In this blog, you saw how to delete a container from an Azure Storage Account using PowerShell.