gcloud alpha compute snapshots update

NAME
gcloud alpha compute snapshots update - update a Compute Engine snapshot
SYNOPSIS
gcloud alpha compute snapshots updateSNAPSHOT_NAME[--update-labels=[KEY=VALUE,…]][--clear-labels    |--remove-labels=[KEY,…]][--global    |--region=REGION][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG]
DESCRIPTION
(ALPHA) Update a Compute Engine snapshot.
EXAMPLES
To update labelsk0 andk1 and remove labels with keyk3, run:
gcloudalphacomputesnapshotsupdateexample-snapshot--update-labels=k0=value1,k1=value2--remove-labels=k3
`_k0_`and`_k1_`willbeaddedasnewlabelsifnotalreadypresent.

Labels can be used to identify the snapshot and to filter them like:

gcloudalphacomputesnapshotslist--filter='labels.k1:value2'

To list only the labels when describing a resource, use --format:

gcloudalphacomputesnapshotsdescribeexample-snapshot--format="default(labels)"
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
SNAPSHOT_NAME
Name of the snapshot to update.
FLAGS
--update-labels=[KEY=VALUE,…]
List of label KEY=VALUE pairs to update. If a label exists, its value ismodified. Otherwise, a new label is created.

Keys must start with a lowercase character and contain only hyphens(-), underscores (_), lowercase characters, andnumbers. Values must contain only hyphens (-), underscores(_), lowercase characters, and numbers.

At most one of these can be specified:
--clear-labels
Remove all labels. If--update-labels is also specified then--clear-labels is applied first.

For example, to remove all labels:

gcloudalphacomputesnapshotsupdate--clear-labels

To remove all existing labels and create two new labels,foo andbaz:

gcloudalphacomputesnapshotsupdate--clear-labels--update-labelsfoo=bar,baz=qux
--remove-labels=[KEY,…]
List of label keys to remove. If a label does not exist it is silently ignored.If--update-labels is also specified then--update-labels is applied first.
At most one of these can be specified:
--global
If set, the snapshot is global.
--region=REGION
Region of the snapshot to update. 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:
gcloudcomputesnapshotsupdate
gcloudbetacomputesnapshotsupdate

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Last updated 2025-07-22 UTC.