How to disable snapshot in Azure Storage?

Question

Snapshots cause a lot of cost. In some of my storage accounts I don't need them.

But I can't find a place where I can turn it off.

How can I disable snapshots completely from a storage account in Azure?

Answer 1

Navigate to your storage account's blob and look for your snapshots under Snapshots. From there, you may manage them.

https://i.imgur.com/P2LRras.png

If you've already established a resource for it, go to that resource's page and delete it.

https://i.imgur.com/qLvFe3v.png

Answer 2

It's not a feature that can be turned off completely; Although to make snapshots you would have to explicitly write code to create them, unless you have soft delete enabled. In that case an overwrite will create a snapshot in deleted state but it'll be automatically removed once the soft delete time expires.

Another option would be the lifecycle management. There you can make a rule to automatically delete snapshots once they are more than X days old. That check runs daily so the storage costs are only extended by a few days.