Entra ID app registration access concern

Rich 20 Reputation points
2025-07-31T21:30:20.66+00:00

I opened an azure subscription and I deployed some app registrations in the Microsoft Entra ID. I would like to know if the azure subscription is canceled, will it affect these app registrations and is it safe to just remove the azure subscription and how to do so.

If I take no action, will my app registration for Entra ID be affected at all?

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Entra ID
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Swaroop Kolli 5,285 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2025-08-01T03:46:38.24+00:00

Hello @Rich,

As per my understanding, you wanted to know whether canceling your Azure subscription will affect your Microsoft Entra ID app registrations, and whether it's safe to remove the subscription without impacting those apps.

App registrations in Microsoft Entra ID are tenant-level objects, not subscription-level. This means App registrations will remain active even if the Azure subscription is canceled. They are tied to the Microsoft Entra tenant, not to any specific Azure subscription and there would be no impact on the app registration object in Entra ID.

However, if your app registration uses Azure resources tied to a subscription like app services, azure storage etc. those resources will be decommissioned when the subscription is canceled. If your app registration does not use any of these resources which are linked to subscription, there would be no impact.

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