Cannot find a recently deleted storage account

Question

A storage account was deleted less than 14 days ago and I cannot find it in this url https://portal.azure.com/#browse/Microsoft.Storage%2FStorageAccounts

how can I find so we can recover it?

Checklist

• ✅ The storage account was deleted within the past 14 days.
• ✅ The storage account was created with the Azure Resource Manager deployment model.
• ✅ A new storage account with the same name has not been created since the original account was deleted.
• ✅ The user who is recovering the storage account must be assigned an Azure RBAC role that provides the...

Answer 1

Hello Niccolo,

Recovery of a deleted storage account is not guaranteed. Recovery is a best-effort attempt. Microsoft recommends locking resources to prevent accidental account deletion.

If the storage account that you want to recover is not in the dropdown/list in the portal, then it cannot be recovered.

For more information kindly check Recover a deleted account from the Azure portal.

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Answer 2

As per https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-account-recover

Recovery of a deleted storage account is not guaranteed. Recovery is a best-effort attempt.

You might want to raise a support ticket

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