Windows Autopilot
Device enrollmentDevice association lifecycle management
In brief
The page date was updated, and the note about new device records being created after reset and re-enrollment, including the recommendation to clean up stale records, was removed.
What Intune admins need to know
Administrators will no longer find that stale-record cleanup recommendation on this page.
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title: Device association lifecycle management
description: Manage the Windows Autopilot device association lifecycle, including resetting devices, uploading updated device information, working with registered Windows Autopilot devices, stale records, and decommissioning.
ms.date: 08/07/09/01/2026
ms.topic: concept-article
appliesto:
The tenant affinity created by device association is stored in the device's UEFI firmware, so it persists across a device reset, a Windows reinstall, and enrollment removal. Resetting the device alone doesn't remove the association.
To fully remove the association, clear the tenant affinity on the device itself by clearing the association information—for example, by running a PowerShell script to remove association. This requires physical access to the device. For instructions, see Remove association from a device
To fully remove the association, clear the tenant affinity on the device itself by clearing the association information—for example, by running a PowerShell script to remove association. This requires physical access to the device. For instructions, see Remove association from a device.
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: Device association lifecycle management description: Manage the Windows Autopilot device association lifecycle, including resetting devices, uploading updated device information, working with registered Windows Autopilot devices, stale records, and decommissioning.-ms.date: 08/07/2026+ms.date: 09/01/2026 ms.topic: concept-article appliesto: - ✅ <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/release-health/supported-versions-windows-client" target="_blank">Windows 11</a>@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ This article describes how to manage common events throughout the device associa The tenant affinity created by device association is stored in the device's UEFI firmware, so it persists across a device reset, a Windows reinstall, and enrollment removal. Resetting the device alone doesn't remove the association. -> [!NOTE]->-> After a device is reset and re-enrolled, its Microsoft Entra ID and Intune device records aren't reused—new records are created for the device. We recommend that you clean up the stale Microsoft Entra ID and Intune device records.- To fully remove the association, clear the tenant affinity on the device itself by clearing the association information—for example, by running a PowerShell script to remove association. This requires physical access to the device. For instructions, see [Remove association from a device](remove-association.md). > [!IMPORTANT]