gcloud alpha compute instances remove-metadata

NAME
gcloud alpha compute instances remove-metadata - remove instance metadata
SYNOPSIS
gcloud alpha compute instances remove-metadataINSTANCE_NAME[--zone=ZONE][--all    |--keys=KEY,[KEY,…]][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
(ALPHA) gcloud alpha compute instances remove-metadata can be usedto remove instance metadata entries.
EXAMPLES
To remove metadata keysimportant-data anduseless-data along with their data from aninstance namedtest-instance, run:
gcloudalphacomputeinstancesremove-metadatatest-instance--keys=important-data,useless-data
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
INSTANCE_NAME
Name of the instance to set metadata on. For details on valid instance names,refer to the criteria documented under the field 'name' at:https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1/instances
FLAGS
--zone=ZONE
Zone of the instance to set metadata on. If not specified, you might be promptedto select a zone (interactive mode only).gcloud attempts to identify theappropriate zone by searching for resources in your currently active project. Ifthe zone cannot be determined,gcloud prompts you for a selection withall available Google Cloud Platform zones.

To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, the user can set thecompute/zone property:

gcloudconfigsetcompute/zoneZONE

A list of zones can be fetched by running:

gcloudcomputezoneslist

To unset the property, run:

gcloudconfigunsetcompute/zone

Alternatively, the zone can be stored in the environment variableCLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE.

At most one of these can be specified:
--all
If provided, all metadata entries are removed.
--keys=KEY,[KEY,…]
The keys of the entries to remove.
GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
These flags are available to all commands:--access-token-file,--account,--billing-project,--configuration,--flags-file,--flatten,--format,--help,--impersonate-service-account,--log-http,--project,--quiet,--trace-token,--user-output-enabled,--verbosity.

Run$gcloud help for details.

NOTES
This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If thiscommand fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project,you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early accessallowlist. These variants are also available:
gcloudcomputeinstancesremove-metadata
gcloudbetacomputeinstancesremove-metadata

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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.