gcloud alpha compute snapshots delete

NAME
gcloud alpha compute snapshots delete - delete Compute Engine snapshots
SYNOPSIS
gcloud alpha compute snapshots deleteSNAPSHOT_NAME[SNAPSHOT_NAME …][--global    |--region=REGION][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
(ALPHA) Delete Compute Engine snapshots.
EXAMPLES
To delete Compute Engine snapshots with the names 'snapshot-1' and 'snapshot-2',run:
gcloudalphacomputesnapshotsdeletesnapshot-1snapshot-2

To list all snapshots that were created before a specific date, use the --filterflag with thegcloud alpha computesnapshots list command.

gcloudalphacomputesnapshotslist--filter="creationTimestamp<'2017-01-01'"

For more information on how to use --filter with the list command, run $gcloud topic filters.

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
SNAPSHOT_NAME [SNAPSHOT_NAME …]
Names of the snapshots to delete.
FLAGS
At most one of these can be specified:
--global
If set, the snapshots are global.
--region=REGION
Region of the snapshots to delete. Overrides the defaultcompute/region property value for this command invocation.
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:
gcloudcomputesnapshotsdelete
gcloudbetacomputesnapshotsdelete

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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.