Virtual Machine Scale Sets - Delete Instances

Deletes virtual machines in a VM scale set.

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/{vmScaleSetName}/delete?api-version=2023-09-01
POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/{vmScaleSetName}/delete?forceDeletion={forceDeletion}&api-version=2023-09-01

URI Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
resourceGroupName
path True

string

The name of the resource group.

subscriptionId
path True

string

Subscription credentials which uniquely identify Microsoft Azure subscription. The subscription ID forms part of the URI for every service call.

vmScaleSetName
path True

string

The name of the VM scale set.

api-version
query True

string

Client Api Version.

forceDeletion
query

boolean

Optional parameter to force delete virtual machines from the VM scale set. (Feature in Preview)

Request Body

Name Required Type Description
instanceIds True

string[]

The virtual machine scale set instance ids.

Responses

Name Type Description
200 OK

OK

202 Accepted

Accepted

Other Status Codes

CloudError

Error response describing why the operation failed.

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name Description
user_impersonation impersonate your user account

Examples

VirtualMachineScaleSet_DeleteInstances_MaximumSet_Gen
VirtualMachineScaleSet_DeleteInstances_MinimumSet_Gen

VirtualMachineScaleSet_DeleteInstances_MaximumSet_Gen

Sample request

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/rgcompute/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/delete?forceDeletion=True&api-version=2023-09-01

{
  "instanceIds": [
    "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
  ]
}

Sample response

location: https://foo.com/operationstatus

VirtualMachineScaleSet_DeleteInstances_MinimumSet_Gen

Sample request

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/rgcompute/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/delete?api-version=2023-09-01

{
  "instanceIds": [
    "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
  ]
}

Sample response

location: https://foo.com/operationstatus

Definitions

Name Description
ApiError

Api error.

ApiErrorBase

Api error base.

CloudError

An error response from the Compute service.

InnerError

Inner error details.

VirtualMachineScaleSetVMInstanceRequiredIDs

Specifies a list of virtual machine instance IDs from the VM scale set.

ApiError

Api error.

Name Type Description
code

string

The error code.

details

ApiErrorBase[]

The Api error details

innererror

InnerError

The Api inner error

message

string

The error message.

target

string

The target of the particular error.

ApiErrorBase

Api error base.

Name Type Description
code

string

The error code.

message

string

The error message.

target

string

The target of the particular error.

CloudError

An error response from the Compute service.

Name Type Description
error

ApiError

Api error.

InnerError

Inner error details.

Name Type Description
errordetail

string

The internal error message or exception dump.

exceptiontype

string

The exception type.

VirtualMachineScaleSetVMInstanceRequiredIDs

Specifies a list of virtual machine instance IDs from the VM scale set.

Name Type Description
instanceIds

string[]

The virtual machine scale set instance ids.