> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/microsoft-azure-manual-onboarding/azure-manual-onboarding-guide/azure-manual-onboarding-subscription-scope/offboarding-and-resource-decommissioning-optional.md).

# Offboarding and resource decommissioning (optional)

To decommission all manually created resources, remove them in the following order:

```shell
# 1. Remove subscription-scoped Cortex role assignments
for ROLE in \
  "<PLATFORM_BASE_ROLE_NAME>" \
  "<DSPM_ROLE_NAME>" \
  "Key Vault Crypto Service Encryption User" \
  "<ADS_ROLE_NAME>" \
  "<REGISTRY_ROLE_NAME>" \
  "<AUTOMATION_ROLE_NAME>" \
  "<KSPM_ROLE_NAME>"; do
  az role assignment delete \
    --role "${ROLE}" \
    --assignee "<CORTEX_OBJECT_ID>" \
    --scope "/subscriptions/<SUBSCRIPTION_ID>" || true
done

# 2. Remove RG-scoped Cortex role assignments
for ROLE in "<DSPM_RG_ROLE_NAME>" "<ADS_RG_ROLE_NAME>"; do
  az role assignment delete \
    --role "${ROLE}" \
    --assignee "<CORTEX_OBJECT_ID>" \
    --scope "/subscriptions/<SUBSCRIPTION_ID>/resourceGroups/<RG_NAME>" || true
done

# 3. (If Audit Logs is enabled) Remove the subscription-level diagnostic setting
az monitor diagnostic-settings subscription delete \
  --name "cortex-activity-logs-export" || true

# 4. Delete the shared resource group
az group delete --name "<RG_NAME>" --yes --no-wait

# 5. Delete every custom role definition created
for ROLE_NAME in \
  "<PLATFORM_BASE_ROLE_NAME>" \
  "<DSPM_ROLE_NAME>" "<DSPM_RG_ROLE_NAME>" \
  "<ADS_ROLE_NAME>" "<ADS_RG_ROLE_NAME>" \
  "<REGISTRY_ROLE_NAME>" \
  "<AUTOMATION_ROLE_NAME>" \
  "<KSPM_ROLE_NAME>"; do
  az role definition delete --name "${ROLE_NAME}" || true
done
```


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