storage-blobs-container-delete-by-prefix-powershell.md

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Delete containers based on container name prefix

This script deletes containers in Azure Blob storage based on a prefix in the container name.

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Sample script

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Clean up deployment

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

Remove-AzureRmResourceGroup -Name containerdeletetestrg

Script explanation

This script uses the following commands to delete containers based on container name prefix. 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-AzureStorageContainer	Lists the storage containers associated with a storage account.
Remove-AzureStorageContainer	Removes the specified storage container.

Next steps

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 Blob storage.