Remove-AzureDisk

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Remove-AzureDisk

Removes a disk from the Windows Azure disk repository.

Parameter Set: Default
Remove-AzureDisk [-DiskName] <String> [-DeleteVHD] [ <CommonParameters>]

This topic describes the cmdlet in the .6.19 version of the Windows Azure PowerShell module. To find out the version of the module you're using, from the Windows Azure PowerShell console, type (get-module azure).version.

The Remove-AzureDisk cmdlet removes a disk from the Windows Azure disk repository in the current subscription. By default, this does not delete the associated physical VHD file from the blob storage location. To delete that VHD, specify the DeleteVHD parameter.

-DeleteVHD

Removes the VHD file from blob storage.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-DiskName<String>

Specifies the name of the data disk in the disk.

Aliases

none

Required?

true

Position?

1

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

true (ByPropertyName)

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see  about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216).

Inputs

The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.

Outputs

The output type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.

Example 1

This example removes the "MyDataDisk" disk from the disk repository but does not remove the VHD file from Windows Azure storage.

C:\PS>Remove-AzureDisk -DiskName "MyDataDisk" 

Example 2

This example removes the "MyDataDisk" disk from the disk repository and also removes the VHD file from Windows Azure storage.

C:\PS>Remove-AzureDisk -DiskName "MyDataDisk" –DeleteVHD 

Add-AzureDisk

Get-AzureDisk

Update-AzureDisk