Auto deletion of files from blob container

Question

Hi Team,

wanted to check whether there is any way to auto-delete files inside azure container after certain (pre-set) time period?

Thanks

Kalyan

Accepted Answer

Hi Kalyan Gandham - Thanks for reaching out.

In order to manage the life cycle of the blob, below are the options ahead:

You can configure LCM policy and set the criteria however the value can be an integer value in number of Days.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/lifecycle-management-overview

There is another preview feature storage action using which you can configure the assignments and conditions. This however is a preview feature and not recommended for production. This is mainly for testing and sharing any feedback ahead.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage-actions/storage-tasks/

You can write some kind of custom script to perform the deletion and have it scheduled via Azure Automation

Please let us know if you have any further queries. I’m happy to assist you further.

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Answer

Hello Kalyan Gandham,

Thank you for posting your question in the Microsoft Q&A Community.

I understand that you would like to know how to create an autodelete rule to delete old bolbs.

This is possible with the Azure Blob storage lifecycle. Kindly take a look at the link below to get more information about this feature.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/lifecycle-management-policy-configure?tabs=azure-portal

Lifecycle management base blobs page in Azure portal

Let me know if this works.

Babafemi

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