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- 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 index
my-indexin collectionmy-collection, projectmy-projectand 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 the
projectattribute:- provide the argument
indexon the command line with a fullyspecified name; - provide the argument
--projecton the command line; - set the property
core/project.
This must be specified.
INDEX- ID of the index or fully qualified identifier for the index.
To set the
indexattribute:- provide the argument
indexon the command line.
This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in thisgroup are specified.
- provide the argument
--collection=COLLECTION- The collection id of the index resource.
To set the
collectionattribute:- provide the argument
indexon the command line with a fullyspecified name; - provide the argument
--collectionon the command line.
- provide the argument
--location=LOCATION- The location id of the index resource.
To set the
locationattribute:- provide the argument
indexon the command line with a fullyspecified name; - provide the argument
--locationon the command line.
- provide the argument
- provide the argument
- Index resource - The resource name of the Index to delete. Format:
- 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 helpfor details. - API REFERENCE
- This command uses the
vectorsearch/v1betaAPI. 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.