Still shows after removing the Arc Resource Bridge on Azure Local

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Still shows after removing the Arc Resource Bridge on Azure Local

Rasitha Mudugama Hewage 140

Hi ,

Please provide support to configure the following Kubernetes service on Azure Local . I have already removed the Arc bridge from the Azure portal, but it still appears

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Himanshu Shekhar 1,780 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-11-24T11:14:38.4966667+00:00
Hi @Rasitha Mudugama Hewage - Thank you for reaching Microsft QnA

Please assist with few queries below :

Is the Arc Resource Bridge appliance VM or service still physically present or running on your local server despite being deleted in the Azure Portal?

Did you remove the Arc Resource Bridge using the Azure Portal, CLI, PowerShell, or a combination also did you encounter any errors during the removal process?

Are there any Arc agent services (such as AzureConnectedMachineAgent) or related configuration files still operating or present on the host machine after removal?

Have you rebooted the host or resource bridge appliance VM since attempting the removal, and if so, did the bridge status in the portal or Windows Admin Center actually change?

Regards

Himanshu
Rasitha Mudugama Hewage 140 Reputation points

2025-11-24T12:54:55.44+00:00
Hi Himanshu,

please find follows.

Is the Arc Resource Bridge appliance VM or service still physically present or running on your local server despite being deleted in the Azure Portal? Arc Resource Bridge appliance service not present

Did you remove the Arc Resource Bridge using the Azure Portal, CLI, PowerShell, or a combination also did you encounter any errors during the removal process?

removed using azure portal

Are there any Arc agent services (such as AzureConnectedMachineAgent) or related configuration files still operating or present on the host machine after removal?

still remain

Have you rebooted the host or resource bridge appliance VM since attempting the removal, and if so, did the bridge status in the portal or Windows Admin Center actually change?

Not change
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Himanshu Shekhar 1,780 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-11-26T12:08:43.6+00:00

@Rasitha Mudugama Hewage We've provided the details about the issue through private messages, and there is also an additional ICM investigation currently in progress.

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Himanshu Shekhar 1,780 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-11-24T11:14:38.4966667+00:00

Hi @Rasitha Mudugama Hewage - Thank you for reaching Microsft QnA

Please assist with few queries below :

Is the Arc Resource Bridge appliance VM or service still physically present or running on your local server despite being deleted in the Azure Portal?

Did you remove the Arc Resource Bridge using the Azure Portal, CLI, PowerShell, or a combination also did you encounter any errors during the removal process?

Are there any Arc agent services (such as AzureConnectedMachineAgent) or related configuration files still operating or present on the host machine after removal?

Have you rebooted the host or resource bridge appliance VM since attempting the removal, and if so, did the bridge status in the portal or Windows Admin Center actually change?

Regards

Himanshu
Rasitha Mudugama Hewage 140 Reputation points

2025-11-24T12:54:55.44+00:00

Hi Himanshu,

please find follows.

Is the Arc Resource Bridge appliance VM or service still physically present or running on your local server despite being deleted in the Azure Portal? Arc Resource Bridge appliance service not present

Did you remove the Arc Resource Bridge using the Azure Portal, CLI, PowerShell, or a combination also did you encounter any errors during the removal process?

removed using azure portal

Are there any Arc agent services (such as AzureConnectedMachineAgent) or related configuration files still operating or present on the host machine after removal?

still remain

Have you rebooted the host or resource bridge appliance VM since attempting the removal, and if so, did the bridge status in the portal or Windows Admin Center actually change?

Not change
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This comment has been deleted due to a violation of our Code of Conduct. The comment was manually reported or identified through automated detection before action was taken. Please refer to our Code of Conduct for more information.
Himanshu Shekhar 1,780 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-11-26T12:08:43.6+00:00

@Rasitha Mudugama Hewage We've provided the details about the issue through private messages, and there is also an additional ICM investigation currently in progress.

Answer 1

I’ve hit this before on Azure Local, and the message keeps showing because removing the Arc Resource Bridge from the Azure Portal does not clean up the bridge artifacts on the host. Windows Admin Center is detecting leftovers on the node.

You need to remove those pieces locally, otherwise AKS hybrid will refuse to deploy.

Here’s exactly what you should do:

Uninstall the Arc agents from the host Run these on the server:

sc delete himds
sc delete azcmagent
sc delete gc_SERVICE

Then remove:

C:\Program Files\AzureConnectedMachineAgent C:\ProgramData\AzureConnectedMachineAgent

Remove the local Resource Bridge folder Delete:

C:\AzureResourceBridge C:\ProgramData\AzureResourceBridge

Cleanup the kubeconfig and network leftovers If present, delete:

C:\Users\<user>\.kube

Reboot the host

Confirm the node is no longer Arc-connected Run:

azcmagent show It should return “not connected”.

After these steps, Windows Admin Center will stop detecting the old bridge and you’ll be able to deploy AKS hybrid normally.

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