gcloud beta vector-search collections indexes delete

NAME
gcloud beta vector-search collections indexes delete - delete an index
SYNOPSIS
gcloud beta vector-search collections indexes delete(INDEX :--collection=COLLECTION--location=LOCATION)[--async][--request-id=REQUEST_ID][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG]
DESCRIPTION
(BETA) Delete an index.
EXAMPLES
To delete an indexmy-index in collectionmy-collection, projectmy-project and locationus-central1, run:
gcloudbetavector-searchcollectionsindexesdeletemy-index--collection=my-collection--location=us-central1--project=my-project
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
Index resource - The resource name of the Index to delete. Format:projects/{project}/locations/{location}/collections/{collection}/indexes/*(BETA)*Delete an index. The arguments in this group can be used to specify theattributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments inthis group but can be set in other ways.

To set theproject attribute:

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

This must be specified.

INDEX
ID of the index or fully qualified identifier for the index.

To set theindex attribute:

  • provide the argumentindex on the command line.

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

--collection=COLLECTION
The collection id of the index resource.

To set thecollection attribute:

  • provide the argumentindex on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--collection on the command line.
--location=LOCATION
The location id of the index resource.

To set thelocation attribute:

  • provide the argumentindex on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--location on the command line.
FLAGS
--async
Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
--request-id=REQUEST_ID
An optional request ID to identify requests. Specify a unique request ID so thatif you must retry your request, the server will know to ignore the request if ithas already been completed. The server will guarantee that for at least 60minutes since the first request.

For example, consider a situation where you make an initial request and therequest times out. If you make the request again with the same request ID, theserver can check if original operation with the same request ID was received,and if so, will ignore the second request. This prevents clients fromaccidentally creating duplicate commitments.

The request ID must be a valid UUID with the exception that zero UUID is notsupported (00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000).

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 thevectorsearch/v1beta API. The fulldocumentation for this API can be found at:https://docs.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/vector-search-2/overview
NOTES
This command is currently in beta and might change without notice.

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Last updated 2026-02-10 UTC.