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Updated Jul 07, 2026
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pc-88
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Jul 16, 2026

We’re in a hybrid environment but currently don’t manually delete our old devices from Entra or Intune. (For some reason, deleting devices from our on-prem AD will not always remove them from Entra.) I’ve read that deleting them in the wrong order (i.e. deleting from Entra before Intune) can cause certain issues, but as far as I can tell those issues are all related to Autopilot. If we currently don’t use Autopilot at all, are we able to freely delete old devices from Entra and Intune in any order without causing issues down the line?

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Jason_Sandys
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Jul 16, 2026

Hi pc-88​, To the best of my knowledge and experience, without Autopilot involved, there is no implication to the order of deletes of these objects.

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    pc-88
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    Jul 16, 2026

    Thanks. And just to confirm, if you are using Autopilot, is this the correct order?

    1. delete device in Intune
    2. delete device in Autopilot (if present)
    3. delete device in Entra
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      Jason_Sandys
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      Jul 16, 2026

      That's correct but only if you are completely retiring or reprovisioning the device (or you are 100% sure the objects are stale and in no way correspond to a device going forward).