storage-blobs-container-calculate-size-powershell.md

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Calculate the size of a Blob storage container

This script calculates the size of a container in Azure Blob storage by totaling the size of the blobs in the container.

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Important

This PowerShell script provides an estimated size for the container and should not be used for billing calculations. For a script that calculates container size for billing purposes, see Calculate the size of a Blob storage container for billing purposes.

Sample script

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Clean up deployment

Run the following command to remove the resource group, container, and all related resources.

Remove-AzureRmResourceGroup -Name bloblisttestrg

Script explanation

This script uses the following commands to calculate the size of the Blob storage container. Each item in the table links to command-specific documentation.

Command	Notes
Get-AzureRmStorageAccount	Gets a specified Storage account or all of the Storage accounts in a resource group or the subscription.
Get-AzureStorageBlob	Lists blobs in a container.

Next steps

For a script that calculates container size for billing purposes, see Calculate the size of a Blob storage container for billing purposes.

For more information on the Azure PowerShell module, see Azure PowerShell documentation.

Additional storage PowerShell script samples can be found in PowerShell samples for Azure Storage.