Explore resource locks

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Locks help you prevent accidental deletion or modification of your Azure resources. You can manage locks from within the Azure portal.

In the Azure portal, locks are called Delete and Read-only, respectively.

Go to the Settings section on the resource's settings blade to review, add, or delete locks for a resource in the Azure portal.

You might need to lock a subscription, resource group, or resource to prevent users from accidentally deleting or modifying critical resources.

You can set a lock level to CanNotDelete or ReadOnly:

  • CanNotDelete means that authorized users can read and modify a resource, but they can't delete it.
  • ReadOnly means that authorized users can read a resource, but they can't modify or delete it.

You can read more about Locks on the Lock resources to prevent unexpected changes webpage.