---
title: "DELETE /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.VirtualMachineImages/imageTemplates/{imageTemplateName}"
method: DELETE
path: "/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.VirtualMachineImages/imageTemplates/{imageTemplateName}"
tags: ["VirtualMachineImageTemplate"]
---

# DELETE /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.VirtualMachineImages/imageTemplates/{imageTemplateName}

`DELETE /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.VirtualMachineImages/imageTemplates/{imageTemplateName}`

Delete a virtual machine image template

## Path parameters

- `subscriptionId` string, required
- `resourceGroupName` string, required
- `imageTemplateName` string, required

## Query parameters

- `api-version` string, required

## Response `202`

The operation will be completed asynchronously.

## Other responses

- `204` — NoContent -- VM image template does not exist in the subscription.
- `default` — Error response describing why the operation failed.

## Changes

- **2026-07-13** (2018-02-01-preview) `33accb8fd530` — 1 breaking
  - removed the success response with the status `200`
- **2026-07-13** (2018-02-01-preview) `fdab4083973e` — 3 warning
  - deleted the `path` request parameter `resourceGroupName`
  - deleted the `path` request parameter `subscriptionId`
  - deleted the `query` request parameter `api-version`
- **2026-07-13** (2018-02-01-preview) `7e3d56a97f31` — 1 info
  - api operation id `VirtualMachineImageTemplate_Delete` removed and replaced with `VirtualMachineImageTemplates_Delete`

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/azure/apis/imagebuilder-microsoft-virtualmachineimages-imagebuilder/changes/subscriptions/:subscriptionId/resourceGroups/:resourceGroupName/providers/Microsoft.VirtualMachineImages/imageTemplates/:imageTemplateName/delete.md)

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