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.

  1. ################# Azure Blob Storage - PowerShell ####################
  3. ## Input Parameters
  4. $resourceGroupName="azpractice"
  5. $storageAccName="azstorageacc1122020"
  6. $containerName="container001"
  7. $blobName="testdoc"
  9. ## Connect to Azure Account
  10. Connect-AzAccount
  12. ## Function to delete a blob
  13. Function DeleteBlob
  14. {
  15. Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Deleting the blob.."
  16. ## Get the storage account in which container has to be created
  17. $storageAcc=Get-AzStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Name $storageAccName
  18. ## Get the storage account context
  19. $ctx=$storageAcc.Context
  20. ## Delete Blob
  21. Remove-AzStorageBlob -Container $containerName -Context $ctx -Blob $blobName
  22. }
  24. DeleteBlob
  26. ## Disconnect from Azure Account
  27. 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.