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_ID]   [--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 names of 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.
--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.
--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.
GLOBAL FLAGS
--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.
--project PROJECT_ID
The Google Cloud Platform project name to use for this invocation. If omitted then the current project is assumed.
--quiet, -q
Disable all interactive prompts when running gcloud commands. If input is required, defaults will be used, or an error will be raised.
-h
Print a summary help and exit.
NOTES
This command is in the Google Cloud SDK compute component. See installing components if it is not installed.