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

Introduction 

In this blog, you will see how to delete a blob 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="container001"
$blobName="testdoc"

## Connect to Azure Account
Connect-AzAccount

## Function to delete a blob
Function DeleteBlob
{
    Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Deleting the blob.."
    ## 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 Blob
    Remove-AzStorageBlob -Container $containerName  -Context $ctx -Blob $blobName
}

DeleteBlob

## 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

 

Reference:

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

Summary:

In this blog, you saw how to delete a blob from an Azure storage account using PowerShell.