gcloud compute target-instances delete

NAME
gcloud compute target-instances delete - delete target instances
SYNOPSIS
gcloud compute target-instances deleteNAME[NAME …][--zone=ZONE][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
gcloud compute target-instances delete deletes one or more ComputeEngine target instances. Target instances can be deleted only if they are notbeing used by any other resources like forwarding rules.
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
NAME [NAME …]
Names of the target instances to delete.
FLAGS
--zone=ZONE
Zone of the target instances to delete. If not specified and thecompute/zone property isn't set, you mightbe prompted to select a zone (interactive mode only).

To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you 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:
gcloudalphacomputetarget-instancesdelete
gcloudbetacomputetarget-instancesdelete

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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.