---
title: "Permanently deletes the specified storage account."
method: DELETE
path: "/deletedstorage/{storage-account-name}"
tags: ["DeletedStorage"]
---

# Permanently deletes the specified storage account.

`DELETE /deletedstorage/{storage-account-name}`

The purge deleted storage account operation removes the secret permanently, without the possibility of recovery. This operation can only be performed on a soft-delete enabled vault. This operation requires the storage/purge permission.

## Path parameters

- `storage-account-name` string, required

## Query parameters

- `api-version` string, required

## Response `204`

No content signaling that the storage account was purged forever.

## Other responses

- `default` — Key Vault error response describing why the operation failed.

## Changes

- **2018-06-26** (7.0) `23eeb8093219` — 1 info
  - api operation id `PurgeDeletedStorgeAccount` removed and replaced with `PurgeDeletedStorageAccount`
- **2018-02-09** (7.0) `e8955eda7318` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/azure/apis/keyvaultclient/changes/deletedstorage/:storage-account-name/delete.md)

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