gcloud compute instances remove-tags

NAME
gcloud compute instances remove-tags - remove tags from Compute Engine virtual machine instances
SYNOPSIS
gcloud compute instances remove-tagsINSTANCE_NAME(--all    |--tags=TAG,[TAG,…])[--zone=ZONE][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
gcloud compute instances remove-tags is used to remove tags fromCompute Engine virtual machine instances.
EXAMPLES
To remove tagstag-1 andtag-2 from an instance namedtest-instance, run:
gcloudcomputeinstancesremove-tagstest-instance--tags=tag-1,tag-2
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
INSTANCE_NAME
Name of the instance to set tags on. For details on valid instance names, referto the criteria documented under the field 'name' at:https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1/instances
REQUIRED FLAGS
Exactly one of these must be specified:
--all
Remove all tags from the instance.
--tags=TAG,[TAG,…]
Specifies strings to be removed from the instance tags. Multiple tags can beremoved by repeating this flag.
OPTIONAL FLAGS
--zone=ZONE
Zone of the instance to set tags on. If not specified, you might be prompted toselect 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.

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
These variants are also available:
gcloudalphacomputeinstancesremove-tags
gcloudbetacomputeinstancesremove-tags

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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.