gcloud beta compute instance-groups managed delete-instances

NAME
gcloud beta compute instance-groups managed delete-instances - delete instances that are managed by a managed instance group
SYNOPSIS
gcloud beta compute instance-groups managed delete-instancesNAME--instances=INSTANCE,[INSTANCE,…][--skip-instances-on-validation-error][--region=REGION    |--zone=ZONE][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
(BETA)gcloud beta compute instance-groups manageddelete-instances is used to delete one or more instances from a managedinstance group. Once the instances are deleted, the size of the group isautomatically reduced to reflect the changes.

The command returns the operation status per instance, which might beFAIL,SUCCESS,SKIPPED, orMEMBER_NOT_FOUND.MEMBER_NOT_FOUND is returned only forregional groups when the gcloud command-line tool wasn't able to resolve thezone from the instance name.SKIPPED isreturned only when the--skip-instances-on-validation-error flag isused and the instance is not a member of the group or is already being deletedor abandoned.

If you want to keep the underlying virtual machines but still remove them fromthe managed instance group, use the abandon-instances command instead.

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
NAME
Name of the managed instance group to operate on.
REQUIRED FLAGS
--instances=INSTANCE,[INSTANCE,…]
Names of instances to delete.
OPTIONAL FLAGS
--skip-instances-on-validation-error
Specifies whether the request should proceed even if the request includesinstances that are not members of the group or that are already being deleted orabandoned. By default, if you omit this flag and such an instance is specifiedin the request, the operation fails. The operation always fails if the requestcontains a badly formatted instance name or a reference to an instance thatexists in a zone or region other than the group's zone or region.
At most one of these can be specified:
--region=REGION
Region of the managed instance group to operate on. If not specified, you mightbe prompted to select a region (interactive mode only).

A list of regions can be fetched by running:

gcloudcomputeregionslist

Overrides the defaultcompute/region property value for thiscommand invocation.

--zone=ZONE
Zone of the managed instance group to operate on. If not specified, you might beprompted to select a zone (interactive mode only).

A list of zones can be fetched by running:

gcloudcomputezoneslist

Overrides the defaultcompute/zone property value for this commandinvocation.

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 beta and might change without notice. Thesevariants are also available:
gcloudcomputeinstance-groupsmanageddelete-instances
gcloudalphacomputeinstance-groupsmanageddelete-instances

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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.