NAME

gcloud-compute-instances-delete - Delete Google Compute Engine virtual machine instances

SYNOPSIS

gcloud compute instances delete
  NAME [NAME …]
  [--delete-disks {boot,data,all} | --keep-disks {boot,data,all}]
  [--format FORMAT]
  [--help]
  [--project PROJECT]
  [--quiet, -q]
  [--zone ZONE]
  [-h]

DESCRIPTION

gcloud compute instances delete deletes one or more Google Compute Engine virtual machine instances.

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

NAME [NAME …]

The instances to delete.

FLAGS

--delete-disks {boot,data,all}

The types of disks to delete with instance deletion regardless of the disks' auto-delete configuration. When this flag is provided, the auto-delete bits on the attached disks are modified accordingly before the instance deletion requests are issued. For more information on disk auto-deletion, see https://developers.google.com/compute/docs/disks#updateautodelete .

--format FORMAT

Specify a format for printed output. By default, a command-specific human-friendly output format is used. Setting this flag to one of the available options will serialize the result of the command in the chosen format and print it to stdout. Supported formats are: "json", "text", "yaml".

--help

Display detailed help.

--keep-disks {boot,data,all}

The types of disks to not delete with instance deletion regardless of the disks' auto-delete configuration. When this flag is provided, the auto-delete bits on the attached disks are modified accordingly before the instance deletion requests are issued. For more information on disk auto-deletion, see https://developers.google.com/compute/docs/disks#updateautodelete .

--project PROJECT

Google Cloud Platform project to use for this invocation.

--quiet

Disable all interactive prompts when running gcloud commands. If input is required, defaults will be used, or an error will be raised.

--zone ZONE

The zone of the instances to delete. If not specified, you will be prompted to select a zone.

To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set the “compute/zone” property:

gcloud config set compute/zone ZONE

A list of zones can fetched by running:

gcloud compute zones list

To unset the property, run:

gcloud config unset compute/zone

Alternatively, the zone can be stored in the environment variable “CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE”.

-h

Print a summary help and exit.

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