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- NAME
- gcloud alpha topic uninstall - supplementary help for uninstalling Google Cloud CLI
- DESCRIPTION
- Uninstalling Google Cloud CLI
- Note: For installations completed using an OS package (such as
apt-get,yum, etc.), uninstall Google Cloud CLI viathe OS package manager.Note: For Windows installations, execute the uninstaller.exe found under yourGoogle Cloud CLI directory.
To completely remove Google Cloud CLI, follow these instructions:
- Locate your installation directory by running:
gcloudinfo--format="value(installation.sdk_root)"- Locate your user config directory (typically
~/.config/gcloudonMacOS and Linux) by running:
gcloudinfo--format="value(config.paths.global_config_dir)"- Delete both these directories.
- Additionally, remove lines sourcing
completion.bash.incandpaths.bash.incin your.bashrcor equivalent shellinit file, if you added them during installation.
- Review the contents of the
.botofile in your home directory andremove the sections '[GoogleCompute]' and '[GSUtil]'. In addition, review thesections '[OAuth2]' and '[Credentials]' for settings that are no longer needed.
- Some systems may have
Cachedirectories such as~/Library/Caches/on Mac OS X. Find and delete these directoriesfor your system:
find~/Library/Caches/-typed-name"google-cloud-sdk"|xargsrm-r - 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:
gcloudtopicuninstallgcloudbetatopicuninstall
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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.