Azure Storage Data Protection – Soft Delete

Enabling the Soft delete to recover the data when excitedly delete or erroneously modify or other storage activity.

The below steps can Enable the Soft delete from Storage Account.

  1. Login to  Azure portal, select the storage account.
  2. Navigate to the Data Protection option under Blob Service.
  3. Click Enabled under Blob soft delete
  4. Enter the number of days you want to retain for under Retention policies
  5. Choose the Save button to confirm your Data Protection settings

For retention policies, the amount of time that you need to keep deleted data is stored and available for recovery. The retention policy can set between 1 and 365 days.