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How to make sure that there will be no further charges

TomT 20 Reputation points
2025-04-23T17:21:53.2133333+00:00

I am new to Azure. We got $2000 grant for non-profit. As we have reached the total amount, I would like to delete all resources to avoid further charges for now.

I am not sure if Win11Kxxxx_group is billable, but I cannot delete. I disabled Soft Delete, but I still cannot delete it and ended up with the following error.

The VM is already deleted, but I see three items in All Resources; Win11Kxxxx_group, Microsoft Azure Sponsership, and defaultValut.

I would like to keep the Azure account opened until the grant is renewed. How can I know if there is no charge or how can I delete all resources?

Failed to delete resource group Win11Kxxxx_group: Deletion of resource group 'Win11Kxxxx_group' failed as resources with identifiers 'Microsoft.RecoveryServices/vaults/defaultVault' could not be deleted. The provisioning state of the resource group will be rolled back. The tracking Id is 'd2448dcd-6613-410f-b404-19dec370e841'. Please check audit logs for more details. (Code: ResourceGroupDeletionBlocked) The request to delete the resource 'Microsoft.RecoveryServices/vaults/defaultVault' failed. subscription id '7b2497d1-ee73-4527-ab07-df7d09583554', activity id '70e3a119-12d4-4d65-a68c-782d33d4d501', request correlation id 'd2448dcd-6613-410f-b404-19dec370e841'. (Code: ResourceDeletionFailed, Target: /subscriptions/7b2497d1-ee73-4527-ab07-df7d09583554/resourceGroups/Win11Kxxxx_group/providers/Microsoft.RecoveryServices/vaults/defaultVault)

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  1. Pradeep Kommaraju 545 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2025-04-23T17:53:13.1533333+00:00

    Hello Tom,

    Let me provide you more steps to run-through the process :

    1. Ensure No Backup Items Exist

    Double-check that all backup items under the vault are removed:

    Go to Vault → Backup Items:

    Azure Virtual Machines – should be 0

    Azure File Share, SQL in Azure VM, etc. – should all be 0

    If any item is listed, stop protection and delete it.

    1. Unregister the Vault from Backup Infrastructure

    Sometimes even after deleting backup items, the vault remains registered:

    Go to Vault > Properties > Backup Infrastructure

    Unregister all associated services or containers (like Azure VM, Azure Storage, etc.)

    1. Delete the Vault Manually

    Now try deleting the vault itself:

    Go to the vault resource (defaultVault)

    Click Delete

    If it succeeds, then retry deleting the Resource Group

    Hope this will resolve your issue, please don't forget to accept the answer if it solved your issue.

    Thanks,
    Pradeep

    1 person found this answer helpful.

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