wipe action

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important: Microsoft Graph APIs under the /beta version are subject to change; production use is not supported.

Note: The Microsoft Graph API for Intune requires an active Intune license for the tenant.

Wipe a device

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service US Government L4 US Government L5 (DOD) China operated by 21Vianet

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

Permission type Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account) DeviceManagementConfiguration.ReadWrite.All, DeviceManagementManagedDevices.ReadWrite.All, DeviceManagementManagedDevices.PrivilegedOperations.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported.
Application DeviceManagementConfiguration.ReadWrite.All, DeviceManagementManagedDevices.ReadWrite.All, DeviceManagementManagedDevices.PrivilegedOperations.All

HTTP Request

POST /deviceManagement/managedDevices/{managedDeviceId}/wipe
POST /deviceManagement/comanagedDevices/{managedDeviceId}/wipe
POST /deviceManagement/deviceHealthScripts/{deviceHealthScriptId}/deviceRunStates/{deviceHealthScriptDeviceStateId}/managedDevice/wipe
POST /deviceManagement/deviceManagementScripts/{deviceManagementScriptId}/deviceRunStates/{deviceManagementScriptDeviceStateId}/managedDevice/wipe
POST /deviceManagement/deviceComplianceScripts/{deviceComplianceScriptId}/deviceRunStates/{deviceComplianceScriptDeviceStateId}/managedDevice/wipe
POST /deviceManagement/deviceManagementScripts/{deviceManagementScriptId}/deviceRunStates/{deviceManagementScriptDeviceStateId}/managedDevice/users/{userId}/managedDevices/{managedDeviceId}/wipe
POST /deviceManagement/deviceManagementScripts/{deviceManagementScriptId}/deviceRunStates/{deviceManagementScriptDeviceStateId}/managedDevice/detectedApps/{detectedAppId}/managedDevices/{managedDeviceId}/wipe

Request headers

Header Value
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Accept application/json

Request body

In the request body, supply JSON representation of the parameters.

The following table shows the parameters that can be used with this action.

Property Type Description
keepEnrollmentData Boolean
keepUserData Boolean
macOsUnlockCode String
obliterationBehavior obliterationBehavior
persistEsimDataPlan Boolean
useProtectedWipe Boolean

Response

If successful, this action returns a 204 No Content response code.

Example

Request

Here is an example of the request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/deviceManagement/managedDevices/{managedDeviceId}/wipe

Content-type: application/json
Content-length: 216

{
  "keepEnrollmentData": true,
  "keepUserData": true,
  "macOsUnlockCode": "Mac Os Unlock Code value",
  "obliterationBehavior": "doNotObliterate",
  "persistEsimDataPlan": true,
  "useProtectedWipe": true
}

Response

Here is an example of the response. Note: The response object shown here may be truncated for brevity. All of the properties will be returned from an actual call.

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content