Delete the application

Deleting the Azure managed application also deletes its managed resource group. Treat deletion as destructive and irreversible unless your recovery plan has been tested.

Before deletion

1. Obtain application-owner, data-owner, security, and billing approval.
2. Stop or redirect ingestion clients.
3. Export data that must be retained.
4. Create and verify the required final snapshot.
5. Confirm where the snapshot is stored and whether deleting the application affects access to it.
6. Record users, integrations, DNS records, Private Endpoints, certificates, alerts, and dependent applications that must be removed.
7. Record the managed application resource ID and deletion approval.

Delete and monitor

1. In the Azure portal, open the managed application.
2. Review the resource and managed resource group one final time.
3. Select the Azure delete action and confirm the exact application.
4. Monitor the state through Deleting to Deleted.
5. Do not manually delete individual managed resources to speed up the process.
6. Escalate if Azure reports deletion failure or managed resources remain after the managed application is gone.

Complete decommissioning

• Remove customer-owned Private Endpoints and unused DNS records.
• Revoke application identities, API keys, and client credentials.
• Remove monitoring, alerts, allowlists, and integration configuration.
• Confirm billing and Marketplace subscription state.
• Retain the approved audit and recovery records without retaining secrets.

Microsoft documents the deletion behavior in Azure Managed Applications overview.