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--- title: Delete volume replications or volumes for Azure NetApp Files cross-region replication description: Describes how to delete a replication connection that is no longer needed between the source and the destination volumes. services: azure-netapp-files author: b-hchen ms.service: azure-netapp-files ms.topic: how-to ms.date: 07/22/2025 ms.author: anfdocs ms.custom: - build-2025 # Customer intent: "As a cloud administrator, I want to delete unnecessary volume replications and volumes in a cross-region setup, so that I can free up resources and maintain optimized storage management." --- # Delete volume replications or volumes This article describes how to delete volume replications. It also describes how to delete the source or destination volume. If you're deleting a source or destination volume, ensure no [files locks are in place](understand-file-locks.md). ## Delete volume replications You can terminate the replication connection between the source and the destination volumes by deleting volume replication. You must delete the replication from the destination volume. The delete operation removes only authorization for replication; it does not remove the source or the destination volume. 1. Ensure that the replication peering has been broken before you delete volume replication. To break the replication peering: 1. Select the *destination* volume. Select **Replication** under Storage Service. 2. Check the following fields before continuing: * Ensure that Mirror State shows ***Mirrored***. Do not attempt to break replication peering if Mirror State shows *Uninitialized*. * Ensure that Relationship Status shows ***Idle***. Do not attempt to break replication peering if Relationship Status shows *Transferring*. See [Display health status of replication relationship](cross-region-replication-display-health-status.md). 3. Select **Break Peering**. 4. Type **Yes** when prompted and select **Break**.  1. To delete volume replication, select **Replication** from the source or the destination volume. 2. Select **Delete**. 3. Confirm deletion by typing **Yes** then selecting **Delete**.  ## Delete source or destination volumes If you want to delete the source or destination volume, you must perform the following steps in the described order. Otherwise, the `Volume with replication cannot be deleted` error occurs. 1. From the destination volume, [delete the volume replication](#delete-volume-replications). 2. Delete the destination or source volume as needed by right-clicking the volume name and select **Delete**.  ## Next steps * [Cross-region replication](replication.md) * [Requirements and considerations for using cross-region replication](replication-requirements.md) * [Display health status of replication relationship](cross-region-replication-display-health-status.md) * [Troubleshoot cross-region-replication](troubleshoot-cross-region-replication.md) * [Re-establish deleted volume relationship](reestablish-deleted-volume-relationships.md) * [Manage default and individual user and group quotas for a volume](manage-default-individual-user-group-quotas.md)