Windows Azure - Deleting Registered Azure Storage Domain

Introduction:

In this article we are going to see how to delete the domain registered with an Azure storage account using the Windows Azure Management Portal.

Overview:

In our earlier article we have seen how to configure a domain for an existing Azure storage account and how to verify the domain account online to get full access. Now in this article we are going to see how to delete the domain mapping with the storage account. Let us see the step by step on how to do the manually deletion of the Domain registered with the Azure Storage Account using Windows Azure Management Portal.

Steps:

Login to the Management Portal using the following link:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/
We will see a screen like below. Select the "Sign into Management Portal" at the top right corner:



After selecting "Sign into Management Portal" you will be asked for the Username and Password to authenticate the process as shown in the following screen:


After providing the correct credentials and clicking on the submit button it will navigate to the main screen of the portal as shown in the following screen:



Now click on the Hosted Services, Storage Account and CDN option in the bottom menu and then select the Hosted Services as shown in the screen below.

Now click on the Storage account left menu; we will see the list of storage accounts created for the subscription as shown in the screen below.

Now double-click the storage account in the list; it will show the custom domain we created as shown in the screen below. Here it's shown as Forbidden since we have not verified it correctly; if verified properly then the status would have been registered.

Now select the Custom Domain name which we want to delete and we will see the Delete Domain button enable in the Ribbon Menu as shown in the screen below.

Clicking on the Delete Domain Button will ask for a confirmation to proceed further. Click on Yes to proceed further as shown in the screen below.

Once the process has completed we will see the account has been deleted and we will see the empty domain name as shown in the screen below.

Conclusion:

So in this article we have seen how to delete the custom domain created for a storage account using the Windows Azure Management Portal.