How do I delete an Azure storage account containing a leased blob?

Question

How can I delete the associated account with the virtual machines On the preview portal on deleting the storage account I got this error: Failed to delete Storage account 'portalabcd' Details: Storage account portalabcd has 1 container(s) which have an active image and/or disk artifacts. Ensure those artifacts are removed from the image repository before deleting this storage account. On the previous portal I got this error: Submit Failed Storage account portalabcd has 1 container(s) which have an active image and/or disk artifacts. Ensure those artifacts are removed from the image repository before deleting this storage account. And on trying to delete the blob I get this error: There is currently a lease on the blob and no lease ID was specified in the request. The conclusion is that the blob is leased and I can't delete it unless I've the lease ID Now, how can I delete the blob and the storage account as well. Select the correct answer from above options

Answer 1

To remove disk image from the blob repository: 1. Go to the Windows Azure Management Portal. 2.Select Virtual Machines. 3. Click on Disks. 4. Select the disk to be deleted. 5. Click on Delete Disk. Now, the storage account can be deleted Please note: It is applicable even if you've already deleted all of your Virtual Machines and it shows 0; there still will be artefacts under the disks tab. Disks are detached from a deleted VM asynchronously, it may take a few minutes after the VM is deleted for this field to clear up.