- NAME
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- gcloud compute snapshots delete - delete Compute Engine snapshots
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud compute snapshots deleteSNAPSHOT_NAME[SNAPSHOT_NAME…] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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gcloud compute snapshots deletedeletes one or more Compute Engine snapshots. - EXAMPLES
- To delete Compute Engine snapshots with the names 'snapshot-1' and 'snapshot-2',
run:
gcloud compute snapshots delete snapshot-1 snapshot-2To list all snapshots that were created before a specific date, use the --filter flag with the
gcloud compute snapshots listcommand.gcloud compute snapshots list --filter = "creationTimestamp<'2017-01-01'"For more information on how to use --filter with the list command, run $ gcloud topic filters .
- POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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SNAPSHOT_NAME[SNAPSHOT_NAME…] - Names of the snapshots to delete.
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- 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. - NOTES
- These variants are also available:
gcloud alpha compute snapshots deletegcloud beta compute snapshots deletegcloud preview compute snapshots delete
gcloud compute snapshots delete
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.
