site-recovery-delete-vault-powershell.md

Delete a Recovery Services vault (PowerShell)

1. Get the Recovery services vault

    $vault = Get-AzureRmRecoveryServicesVault -Name "ContosoVault"
   

2. Delete the vault

    Remove-AzureRmRecoveryServicesVault -Vault $vault
   

Warning

Use the above command with utmost caution since if you delete any vault by mistake, you will lose all the data. This is a permanent action and there is no way to reverse it.