| title | include file |
|---|---|
| description | include file |
| services | storage |
| author | pauljewellmsft |
| ms.service | azure-blob-storage |
| ms.topic | include |
| ms.date | 04/10/2023 |
| ms.author | pauljewell |
| ms.custom | include file |
A lease establishes and manages a lock on a container for delete operations. The lock duration can be 15 to 60 seconds, or can be infinite. A lease on a container provides exclusive delete access to the container. A container lease only controls the ability to delete the container using the Delete Container REST API operation. To delete a container with an active lease, a client must include the active lease ID with the delete request. All other container operations succeed on a leased container without the lease ID. If you've enabled container soft delete, you can restore deleted containers.
To learn more about lease states and when you can perform a given action on a lease, see Lease states and actions.