Cannot delete blob: There is currently a lease on the blob and no lease ID was specified in the request

Question

When I attempt to delete a blob from my storage account container, I get an error message, \"There is currently a lease on the blob and no lease ID was specified in

Answer 1

You need to delete the disks from the Virtual Machines section of the portal.

• Navigate to Virtual Machines -> Disks
• Delete the disks

Check this MSDN blog post for the complete instructions: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windows_azure_technical_support_wats_team/archive/2013/02/05/iaas-unable-to-delete-vhd-there-is-currently-a-lease-on-the-blob.aspx