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- NAME
- gcloud alpha looker backups delete - delete a backup of a Looker instance
- SYNOPSIS
gcloud alpha looker backups delete(BACKUP:--instance=INSTANCE--region=REGION)[--async][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
- DESCRIPTION
(ALPHA)Delete a backup of a Looker instance.This command can fail for the following reasons:
- The instance specified does not exist.
- The backup does not exist.
- The active account does not have permission to access the given instance.
- EXAMPLES
- To delete a backup with ID
c24ad631-ad83-42f0-9f98-41e2b493263eoninstance with namemy-looker-instance, run:gcloudalphalookerbackupsdeletec24ad631-ad83-42f0-9f98-41e2b493263e--instance='my-looker-instance' - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
- Backup resource - The instance of the backup to delete. The arguments in thisgroup can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Someattributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.
To set the
projectattribute:- provide the argument
backupon the command line with a fullyspecified name; - provide the argument
--projecton the command line; - set the property
core/project.
This must be specified.
BACKUP- ID of the backup or fully qualified identifier for the backup.
To set the
backupattribute:- provide the argument
backupon the command line.
This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in thisgroup are specified.
- provide the argument
--instance=INSTANCE- The name of the Looker instance.
To set the
instanceattribute:- provide the argument
backupon the command line with a fullyspecified name; - provide the argument
--instanceon the command line.
- provide the argument
--region=REGION- The name of the Looker region of the backup. Overrides the default looker/regionproperty value for this command invocation.To set the
regionattribute:- provide the argument
backupon the command line with a fullyspecified name; - provide the argument
--regionon the command line; - set the property
looker/region.
- provide the argument
- provide the argument
- Backup resource - The instance of the backup to delete. The arguments in thisgroup can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Someattributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.
- FLAGS
--async- Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
- 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 helpfor details. - API REFERENCE
- This command uses the
looker/v1alpha2API. The full documentationfor this API can be found at:https://cloud.google.com/looker/docs/reference/rest/ - 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. This variant is also available:
gcloudlookerbackupsdelete
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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.