gcloud alpha compute migration machine-image-imports delete

NAME
gcloud alpha compute migration machine-image-imports delete - delete an Image Import resource
SYNOPSIS
gcloud alpha compute migration machine-image-imports delete(IMAGE_IMPORT_NAME :--location=LOCATION)[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
(ALPHA) gcloud alpha compute migration machine-image-imports deletedeletes an Image Import resource. To use this command, you must enable VMMigration API in your project.

This command does not delete any machine images imported to Google ComputeEngine.

EXAMPLES
To delete my-image-import resource in us-central1 in the default project, run:
gcloudalphacomputemigrationmachine-image-importsdeletemy-image-import--location=us-central1
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
Image import resource - The Image Import resource you want to delete. Thearguments in this group can be used to specify the attributes of this resource.(NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set inother ways.

To set theproject attribute:

  • provide the argumentimage_import_name on the command line with afully specified name;
  • provide the argument--project on the command line;
  • set the propertycore/project.

This must be specified.

IMAGE_IMPORT_NAME
ID of the image_import or fully qualified identifier for the image_import.

To set theimage_import_name attribute:

  • provide the argumentimage_import_name on the command line.

This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in thisgroup are specified.

--location=LOCATION
Resource location.

To set thelocation attribute:

  • provide the argumentimage_import_name on the command line with afully specified name;
  • provide the argument--location on the command line;
  • set the propertycompute/region.
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.

API REFERENCE
This command uses thevmmigration/v1 API. The full documentationfor this API can be found at:https://cloud.google.com/migrate/virtual-machines
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. This variant is also available:
gcloudcomputemigrationmachine-image-importsdelete

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Last updated 2025-08-05 UTC.