gcloud alpha spanner databases sessions delete

NAME
gcloud alpha spanner databases sessions delete - delete a Cloud Spanner session
SYNOPSIS
gcloud alpha spanner databases sessions delete(SESSION :--database=DATABASE--instance=INSTANCE)[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
(ALPHA) Delete a Cloud Spanner session.
EXAMPLES
To delete a Cloud Spanner session, run:
gcloudalphaspannerdatabasessessionsdeletemy-session-id--instance=my-instance-id--database=my-database-id
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
Session resource - The Cloud Spanner session to delete. The arguments in thisgroup can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Someattributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.

To set theproject attribute:

  • provide the argumentsession on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--project on the command line;
  • set the propertycore/project.

This must be specified.

SESSION
ID of the session or fully qualified identifier for the session.

To set thesession attribute:

  • provide the argumentsession on the command line.

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

--database=DATABASE
The Cloud Spanner database for the session.

To set thedatabase attribute:

  • provide the argumentsession on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--database on the command line.
--instance=INSTANCE
The Cloud Spanner instance for the session.

To set theinstance attribute:

  • provide the argumentsession on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--instance on the command line;
  • set the propertyspanner/instance.
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:
gcloudspannerdatabasessessionsdelete
gcloudbetaspannerdatabasessessionsdelete

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Last updated 2026-02-18 UTC.