Unable to Delete Virtual Machines

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Unable to Delete Virtual Machines

Sean Perryman 20

I re-rolled my master image to a new set of VMs, but I find myself unable to delete the "old" ones.

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I've done this lots of times without issues. I figured it might be something transitory, so I waited 24 hours, same thing. Also tried deleting from my phone (rather than computer), and same issue.

Co-pilot was less than helpful, and Azure recommended I ask the community. Any thoughts?

Nikhil Duserla 6,955 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2025-04-28T12:58:19.86+00:00

Hello @Sean Perryman,

Are you trying to delete the AVD host pool VMs, or just the VMs? Could you please confirm? Thank you!
Sean Perryman 20 Reputation points

2025-04-28T13:26:43.91+00:00

Sorry, I should have made that clear. I have already removed the VMs from the Host Pool, I'm just trying to delete the Virtual Machines themselves.
Sean Perryman 20 Reputation points

2025-04-28T13:50:07.9933333+00:00

I should add that these VMs were deployed through the Host Pool's "Add" function, and are currently in the Stopped (Deallocated) state.
Nikhil Duserla 6,955 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2025-04-28T13:59:28.0833333+00:00

Hello @Sean Perryman,

Could you have de-associated public ip which is associated with vm nic card and try deleting VM again.
Sean Perryman 20 Reputation points

2025-04-28T14:17:50.0766667+00:00

None of the affected VMs have an associated public IP.

That is what is weird about this, I built these the same way I always do. I've not run into this before, but (to me) it feels like a cookies or authentication issue in the browser or something. I've tried clearing cache/cookies, different browsers, everything that would normally fix that and it hasn't worked for me yet.
Sean Perryman 20 Reputation points

2025-04-29T12:38:34.9766667+00:00

Just as an aside (I'll post the answer if I find it), I can delete these VMs one by one. Click into the VM, click delete, select resources. That works, but trying to delete them from the VM page that shows all the resources (checking the check box) doesn't work. Force delete or not.

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Nikhil Duserla 6,955 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2025-04-28T12:58:19.86+00:00

Hello @Sean Perryman,

Are you trying to delete the AVD host pool VMs, or just the VMs? Could you please confirm? Thank you!
Sean Perryman 20 Reputation points

2025-04-28T13:26:43.91+00:00

Sorry, I should have made that clear. I have already removed the VMs from the Host Pool, I'm just trying to delete the Virtual Machines themselves.
Sean Perryman 20 Reputation points

2025-04-28T13:50:07.9933333+00:00

I should add that these VMs were deployed through the Host Pool's "Add" function, and are currently in the Stopped (Deallocated) state.
Nikhil Duserla 6,955 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2025-04-28T13:59:28.0833333+00:00

Hello @Sean Perryman,

Could you have de-associated public ip which is associated with vm nic card and try deleting VM again.
Sean Perryman 20 Reputation points

2025-04-28T14:17:50.0766667+00:00

None of the affected VMs have an associated public IP.

That is what is weird about this, I built these the same way I always do. I've not run into this before, but (to me) it feels like a cookies or authentication issue in the browser or something. I've tried clearing cache/cookies, different browsers, everything that would normally fix that and it hasn't worked for me yet.
Sean Perryman 20 Reputation points

2025-04-29T12:38:34.9766667+00:00

Just as an aside (I'll post the answer if I find it), I can delete these VMs one by one. Click into the VM, click delete, select resources. That works, but trying to delete them from the VM page that shows all the resources (checking the check box) doesn't work. Force delete or not.

Answer 1

Nikhil Duserla 6,955 Microsoft External Staff

Hello @Sean Perryman , If you want to delete the resources associated with the VM, you can check 'Mark and Delete.' If not, please uncheck it and delete only the VM. Please note that once the services are deleted without a backup, they cannot be recovered unless you have one.

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If you are deleting the entire resources from resource group, you have to go with force delete.

If you have any further queries, do let us know.

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Sean Perryman 20

The solution to this, in my case, was to go to the Resource Group and delete all of the associated resources there (Disk, NIC, Virtual Machine). This worked without issue for me.

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