Learn How To Delete Devices From Azure Active Directory | Azure Portal | Disable Devices HTMD Blog (2024)

by Anoop C Nair

Learn How to Delete Devices from Azure Active Directory | Azure Portal? We need to have deleted and disabled options in Azure AD and Intune as part of effective device management.

A device can be retired and deleted from Intune console (Silverlight), and I’m sure the new MEM portal will surely have these options.

If you are an SCCM admin, you could recollect there is an option in the SCCM console to delete and disable a device. However, I have seen that when you retire and delete a device from Intune console, that device will get removed from Intune console but will still stay in Azure AD.

How to Delete Devices from Azure Active Directory

So it’s very critical and important to delete these devices from Azure AD and keep the environment clean. I have created a video tutorial to help you with this topic, “Learn How to have a Clean and Tidy Intune and Azure AD Environment“.

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Back to delete and disable device options in the new Azure AD portal. We will cover the disable/enable device option first and thendiscuss the delete option. Think about a hypothetical scenario, there is an emergency, and you want to disable the device AAD to prevent further damage to your organization.

To disable a device, you need to go to Allusers and groups blade in the MEM portal here. Select All Users and select the Devices option from that blade. This will give a list of devices, and from that list, you can select one device and click on disable/enable the option as per the requirement.

You can review the videoattached to this postto get a real-time experience of this.We don’t have to disable the option in Intune console, so the only way to disable a device is from the Azure AD portal. Learn How to Delete Devices from Azure Active Directory | Azure Portal | Disable Devices?

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Delete Devices from Azure Active Directory

Now, we can see the delete device option in the Azure portal. This is a critical option, which is very helpful in keeping your Azure AD environment clean. This will help device management admins to get better results of configuration/compliance policy and application deployments. To disable a device, you need to go to Allusers and groups blade in the Azure portal here.

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Select All Users and select the Devices option from that blade. This will give a list of devices and from that list, you can select one device and click on delete.

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AnoopisMicrosoft MVP! He is a Solution Architect in enterprise client management with more than 20 years of experience (calculation done in 2021) in IT. He is a blogger, Speaker, and Local User Group HTMD Community leader. His main focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM 2012, Current Branch, and Intune. E writes about ConfigMgr, Windows 11, Windows 10, Azure AD, Microsoft Intune, Windows 365, AVD, etc…

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  1. What would be the cause of multiple entries. My guess Is re-enrolling the device. Correct me if I am wrong

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Learn How To Delete Devices From Azure Active Directory | Azure Portal | Disable Devices HTMD Blog (2024)

FAQs

How do I delete a device from Azure Active Directory? ›

The Remove-AzureADDevice cmdlet removes a device from Azure Active Directory (AD).

How to remove a disabled Azure AD Users device from Intune? ›

Please go to Azure Active Directory Admin Center-> Users->All Users-> Select the use for whom device was designated-> Then select 'Devices'->From this option you can delete the devices. If the answer is helpful, please click "Accept Answer" and kindly upvote it.

How do I delete an Active Directory in Azure portal? ›

Sign in to the Azure portal with an account that is the Global Administrator for your organization. Select Azure Active Directory. On a tenant's Overview page, select Manage tenants. Select the checkbox for the tenant that you want to delete, and then select Delete.

How do I remove all devices from my Microsoft account? ›

Go to account.microsoft.com/devices, sign in, and find the device you want to remove. Select Show details to see info for that device. Under your device's name, select More actions > Remove. Review your device details, select the check box, I'm ready to remove this device, then select Remove.

What happens when a device is deleted from Azure? ›

If you remove the objects, you won't be able to view or manage the devices from the Intune and Azure portals. The devices won't be able to access their company's corporate resources. Company data might be deleted from them if the devices try to sign in after they're deleted.

How do I remove a device from my company portal? ›

Sign in to the Company Portal website with your work or school account. You can sign in on any device. Go to Devices and select the device you want to remove. Choose Remove.

Why can't I delete a device from Intune? ›

Usually when Intune or Entra ID cannot delete a device, that means the device is still enrolled in Autopilot, and removing the device from the list of Autopilot devices (and then running a sync) will allow you to delete it from Intune and Entra ID.

What happens when you disable Azure device? ›

Disabling a device prevents a device from successfully authenticating with Azure AD, thereby preventing the device from accessing your Azure AD resources that are guarded by device CA or using your WH4B credentials.

How to remove stale devices from Intune? ›

Automatically delete devices with cleanup rules
  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Intune admin center.
  2. Choose Devices > Device cleanup rules > Yes.
  3. In the Delete devices that haven't checked in for this many days box, enter a number between 30 and 270.
  4. Choose Save.

How do I delete resources in Azure portal? ›

Delete resources
  1. Open the resource in the portal. For the steps, see Open resources.
  2. Select Delete. The following screenshot shows the management options for a virtual machine.
  3. Type the name of the resource to confirm the deletion, and then select Delete.
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How do I remove access from Azure portal? ›

Azure portal

Click the Role assignments tab to view all the role assignments at this scope. In the list of role assignments, add a checkmark next to the security principal with the role assignment you want to remove. Click Remove. In the remove role assignment message that appears, click Yes.

How to remove Azure Ad Connect from Azure Portal? ›

In the Azure portal, select Azure Active Directory. Select Azure AD Connect. Select Manage cloud sync. At the top of the configuration screen, select Delete.

How do I remove trusted devices? ›

Remove computers & devices from your trusted list
  1. Open your device's Settings app and tap Google. Manage your Google Account.
  2. At the top, tap Security.
  3. Under "How you sign in to Google," tap 2-Step Verification. You might need to sign in.
  4. Under "Devices you trust," tap Revoke all.

How do I unlink two Microsoft devices? ›

Sign in with your Microsoft account at account.microsoft.com/devices/content. Find the device you want to remove and select Unlink. Review your device details and select Unlink.

How do I remove a device from my Microsoft account remotely? ›

You cannot remove the Windows account remotely, but what you can do is lock the device remotely, and if the laptop is not online when you do thta, the next time it appears online, it will be locked and the thieves will not be able to access the laptop. Go to this link https://account.microsoft.com/devices and sign in.

How do I force remove a computer from Azure AD? ›

Run the command dsregcmd /status. This command will show you the current state of device, if it is joined to Azure or not. If the device is joined, then you can run command "dsregcmd /leave" This command will remove the device from Azure AD.

How do I delete an Azure machine? ›

On the lab's Overview page in the Azure portal, find the VM you want to delete in the list under My virtual machines. Either: Select More options (...) next to the VM listing, and select Delete from the context menu.

How do I remove a system from Active Directory? ›

Steps:
  1. Click AD Mgmt tab → Computer Management → Delete Computers.
  2. From the drop down menu, select the domain in which the computers are located.( Note: If you know the OU in which the computers are located, click the add OUs button and select the appropriate OU)

How do I completely remove a VM from Azure? ›

Open the portal. Navigate to your Virtual Machine Scale Set. On the Overview page, select Delete. In the Delete Virtual Machine Scale Set pane, select the checkbox for Apply force delete.

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