Delete a computer without deleting data from vaults

Admin users can delete computers from Portal without deleting the computer data from vaults. You can delete both online and offline computers from Portal without deleting data from vaults. Because the data remains in the vaults, you will be billed for it.

If a computer is deleted from Portal in this way, the data can still be restored using the Restore from Another Computer procedure. See Restore data from another computer.

Note: Hyper-V VMs cannot be restored using the Restore from Another Computer procedure.

If you delete an offline Hyper-V environment from Portal, you must undelete the environment before you can recover jobs and settings from the Hyper-V Agent. See Undelete Hyper-V environments and Recover jobs and settings from an offline Hyper-V Agent.

Note: When a computer is deleted from Portal, the agent is not removed from the computer where it is installed. To remove the agent from the computer, you must manually uninstall it.

To delete a computer without deleting data from vaults:

1. When signed in as an Admin user, click Computers on the navigation bar.

   The Computers page shows registered computers.

2. Select the check box for each computer that you want to delete.

3. In the Actions list, click Delete Selected Computer(s).

4. If the data deletion feature is enabled in your Portal instance, a Delete Computer(s) dialog box appears.

   To delete the computer without deleting data from vaults, click Remove computer(s) from Portal only and then click Delete.

   Note: The Delete Computer(s) dialog box only appears if your Portal instance supports vault data deletion.

5. In the confirmation dialog box, type CONFIRM.

   Note: You must type CONFIRM in capital letters.

6. Click Confirm Deletion.

7. In the confirmation dialog box, click Yes.

8. In the Success dialog box, click Okay.