Microsoft Intune

Device Action: Delete

18 August 2026Feature update+4 / −1 lines

In brief

The documentation now states that a tenant can submit up to 1,000 Delete actions per day, cumulatively across individual actions, bulk actions, and Microsoft Graph requests. The limit also applies when Delete triggers Retire or Wipe.

What Intune admins need to know

Plan device deletion operations around the tenant-wide daily limit.

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Use the delete action in Intune to permanently remove devices that are no longer needed, being repurposed, or missing. This action helps cleanup your device inventory and ensures that unmanaged or obsolete devices no longer appear in the admin center.

Delete action behavior by platform

When you use the Delete action in Intune, the command that triggers depends on the device platform and, for Android, the enrollment type.

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: "Device Action: Delete" description: Learn how to delete devices with Microsoft Intune.-ms.date: 07/10/2026+ms.date: 08/06/2026 ms.topic: how-to zone_pivot_groups: 51e33912-415a-402f-8201-8acebf3e4991 ---@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ zone_pivot_groups: 51e33912-415a-402f-8201-8acebf3e4991  Use the *delete* action in Intune to permanently remove devices that are no longer needed, being repurposed, or missing. This action helps cleanup your device inventory and ensures that unmanaged or obsolete devices no longer appear in the admin center. +> [!IMPORTANT]+> A tenant can submit up to 1,000 Delete actions per day. This tenant-wide limit is cumulative across individual device actions, bulk device actions, and Microsoft Graph API requests. The Delete limit applies to Delete requests even when deleting a device triggers a Retire or Wipe command. To request a limit change, [contact Microsoft support](../../fundamentals/it-pro-support/get-support-admin-center.md). For all device action limits, see [Daily tenant limits](index.md#daily-tenant-limits).+ ### Delete action behavior by platform  When you use the **Delete** action in Intune, the command that triggers depends on the device platform and, for Android, the enrollment type.