Merge pull request #293220 from bandersmsft/delete-sub

MCM - Update cancel-sub for UUF

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

articles/cost-management-billing/manage/cancel-azure-subscription.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ms.reviewer: tomasa
 ms.service: cost-management-billing
 ms.subservice: billing
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 09/11/2024
+ms.date: 01/17/2025
 ms.author: banders
 ---
 
@@ -114,16 +114,14 @@ After you cancel, your services are disabled. That means your virtual machines a
 
 :::image type="content" source="./media/cancel-azure-subscription/cancel-window.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the cancellation window." lightbox="./media/cancel-azure-subscription/cancel-window.png" :::
 
-After you cancel a subscription, your billing stops immediately. You can delete your subscription directly using the Azure portal seven days after you cancel it, when the **Delete subscription** option becomes available. When your subscription is canceled, Microsoft waits 30 to 90 days before permanently deleting your data in case you need to access it or recover your data. We don't charge you for retaining the data. For more information, see [Microsoft Trust Center - How we manage your data](https://go.microsoft.com/fwLink/p/?LinkID=822930).
+After you cancel a subscription, your billing stops immediately. You can delete your subscription directly using the Azure portal three days after you cancel it, using the **Delete subscription** option after it becomes available. When your subscription is canceled, Microsoft waits 30 to 90 days before permanently deleting your data in case you need to access it or recover your data. We don't charge you for retaining the data. For more information, see [Microsoft Trust Center - How we manage your data](https://go.microsoft.com/fwLink/p/?LinkID=822930).
 
 >[!NOTE]
-> You must manually cancel your SaaS subscriptions before you cancel your Azure subscription. Only pay-as-you-go SaaS subscriptions are cancelled automatically by the Azure subscription cancellation process.
+> You must manually cancel your SaaS subscriptions before you cancel your Azure subscription. Only pay-as-you-go SaaS subscriptions get canceled automatically by the Azure subscription cancellation process.
 
 ## Delete subscriptions
 
-The **Delete subscription** option isn't available until at least 15 minutes after you cancel your subscription.
-
-Depending on your subscription type, you might not be able to delete a subscription immediately.
+The **Delete subscription** option isn't available until at least 15 minutes after you cancel your subscription. Depending on your subscription type, you might not be able to delete a subscription immediately.
 
 1. Select your subscription on the [Subscriptions](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Billing/SubscriptionsBlade) page in the Azure portal.
 1. Select the subscription that you want to delete.
@@ -140,8 +138,8 @@ Depending on your subscription type, you might not be able to delete a subscript
 >[!NOTE]
 > - The subscription is automatically deleted 90 days after you cancel a subscription.
 > - You can also contact Microsoft Support to help you remove a subscription. However you must make sure that you don't need the subscription anymore because the process only allows seven days to reactivate the subscription.
-> - If you have deleted all resources but the Delete your subscription page shows that you still have active resources, you might have active *hidden resources*. You can't delete a subscription if you have active hidden resources. To delete them, navigate to **Subscriptions** > select the subscription > **Resources**. At the top of the page, select **Manage view** and then select **Show hidden types**. Then, delete the resources.
-> - If you have a disabled Access to Azure Active Directory subscription, the subscription gets automatically deleted after 90 days of cancelling. No action is needed to manually delete it.
+> - If you deleted all resources but the Delete your subscription page shows that you still have active resources, you might have active *hidden resources*. You can't delete a subscription if you have active hidden resources. To delete them, navigate to **Subscriptions** > select the subscription > **Resources**. At the top of the page, select **Manage view** and then select **Show hidden types**. Then, delete the resources.
+> - If you have a disabled Access to Azure Active Directory subscription, the subscription gets automatically deleted after 90 days of canceling. No action is needed to manually delete it.
 
 ## Reactivate a subscription