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How to remove a server from Azure Arc

How to remove a server from Azure Arc

Owned by Andrew Walker, created
Mar 18, 2025
3 min read

Azure Arc allows an on-prem server to managed through Azure. If you want to remove this server from Azure Arc you need to follow a few simple steps as outlined below.

 Instructions

First, Remove any VM Extensions

  1. Log into Azure at portal.azure.com

  2. Click on Resource Groups

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Open up Resource Groups or go to Ar-Servers if you have it under Recent

  1. Find Arc-Servers resource group and click on it

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    Note: Arc-Servers is the name we assigned to this resource group. It is not a default group.

  2. The Resource group includes Servers and other resources associated with those servers like Databases.

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    Some of the resources include Machine - Azure Arc, SQL Server - Azure Arc and SQL Database - Azure Arc

  3. Type in the word camera into the search box. Then click on SH-CAMERASTN01.

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  4. Click on Extensions. It may not be visible initially. In that case, click on the dropdown menu arrow next to Settings.

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    The extensions are displayed

  6. Select the first one and click on Uninstall.

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  7. Confirm that you want to uninstall the extension by clicking Yes.

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  8. Eventually, the selected extension will be uninstalled successfully and will drop off the display listing.

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  9. Repeat the process for all remaining extensions.

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Second, disconnect the agent from Azure Arc.

  1. Log into the server in question with an account that is both a local admin on the server and an admin in Azure.

  2. Open a Powershell admin window and run this command, azcmagent disconnect.

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    Pick your admin account.

  4. Eventually you will see this message.

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  5. Returning to the Powershell window, you should see that you have successfully deleted the resource from Azure.

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Third, uninstall the agent

  1. Type in add in the search bar and then click on Add or remove programs

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  2. Find Azure Connected Machine Agent from the list and click on the Uninstall button.

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  3. Click on Uninstall again.

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  4. It will uninstall quickly and drop off the list. You are done.

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