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title: "Deleting Service Accounts"
description: "You can delete a service account from Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft Azure if it is no longer used to perform data protection and disaster recovery operations."
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breadcrumb: "User Guide > Configuring General Settings > Configuring Backup Settings > Managing Azure Accounts > Managing Service Accounts > Deleting Service Accounts"
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# Deleting Service Accounts

You can delete a service account from Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft Azure if it is no longer used to perform data protection and disaster recovery operations.

::: important

You cannot delete a service account that is specified in the settings of any configured backup policy. To remove such an account, you must first delete all of the affected policies or edit their settings.

:::

To delete a service account from Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft Azure, do the following:

1. From the main menu, navigate to **Settings** > **Backup Settings** > **Azure Service Accounts**.
2. On the **Azure Service Accounts** page, select the account you want to delete and click **Delete**.
3. In the **Delete Azure Account** dialog window, type in the name of the account you want to delete and click **Delete** again.

[![](images/settings_azure_accounts_delete.png)](images/settings_azure_accounts_delete.png){.toggle scale=60}