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title Azure CLI Script Sample - Delete containers by prefix
description Delete Azure Storage blob containers based on a container name prefix, then clean up the deployment. See help links for commands used in the script sample.
services storage
author stevenmatthew
ms.service azure-storage
ms.devlang azurecli
ms.topic sample
ms.date 03/01/2022
ms.author shaas
ms.custom devx-track-azurecli

Use an Azure CLI script to delete containers based on container name prefix

This script first creates a few sample containers in Azure Blob storage, then deletes some of the containers based on a prefix in the container name.

[!INCLUDE quickstarts-free-trial-note]

[!INCLUDE azure-cli-prepare-your-environment.md]

Sample script

[!INCLUDE cli-launch-cloud-shell-sign-in.md]

Run the script

:::code language="azurecli" source="~/azure_cli_scripts/storage/delete-containers-by-prefix/delete-containers-by-prefix.sh" id="FullScript":::

Clean up resources

[!INCLUDE cli-clean-up-resources.md]

az group delete --name $resourceGroup

Sample reference

This script uses the following commands to delete containers based on container name prefix. Each item in the table links to command-specific documentation.

Command Notes
az group create Creates a resource group in which all resources are stored.
az storage account create Creates an Azure Storage account in the specified resource group.
az storage container create Creates a container in Azure Blob storage.
az storage container list Lists the containers in an Azure Storage account.
az storage container delete Deletes containers in an Azure Storage account.

Next steps

For more information on the Azure CLI, see Azure CLI documentation.

Additional storage CLI script samples can be found in the Azure CLI samples for Azure Storage.