gcloud beta bigtable tables delete

NAME
gcloud beta bigtable tables delete - delete a Cloud Bigtable table
SYNOPSIS
gcloud beta bigtable tables delete(TABLE :--instance=INSTANCE)[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
(BETA) Delete a Cloud Bigtable table.
EXAMPLES
To delete the tablemy-table in instancemy-instance,run:
gcloudbetabigtabletablesdeletemy-table--instance=my-instance
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
Table resource - Cloud Bigtable table to delete. The arguments in this group canbe used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes arenot given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.

To set theproject attribute:

  • provide the argumenttable on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--project on the command line;
  • set the propertycore/project.

This must be specified.

TABLE
ID of the table or fully qualified identifier for the table.

To set thetable attribute:

  • provide the argumenttable on the command line.

This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in thisgroup are specified.

--instance=INSTANCE
Name of the Bigtable instance.

To set theinstance attribute:

  • provide the argumenttable on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--instance on the command line.
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.

API REFERENCE
This command uses thebigtableadmin/v2 API. The full documentationfor this API can be found at:https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/
NOTES
This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. Thesevariants are also available:
gcloudbigtabletablesdelete
gcloudalphabigtabletablesdelete

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Last updated 2025-07-15 UTC.