az-logout

az logout [options]

az logout logs out to remove access to Azure subscriptions. It clears access tokens and refresh tokens for the account from the local credential cache.The command is useful when switching between accounts or securing a shared system.

--username user

Account user to log out. If missing, log out the current active account.

Does not revoke tokens on Azure side, only removes local cache. Service principal credentials in environment variables are not affected. Managed identity authentication persists.

az logout has been available since Azure CLI 2.0 in 2017 as the companion to az login for credential management.

az-login(1), az-account(1), az(1)

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