- NAME
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- gcloud compute instance-groups unmanaged remove-instances - removes resources from an unmanaged instance group by instance name
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud compute instance-groups unmanaged remove-instancesNAME--instances=INSTANCE, [INSTANCE, …] [--zone=ZONE] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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gcloud compute instance-groups unmanaged remove-instancesremoves instances from an unmanaged instance group using the instance name.This does not delete the actual instance resources but removes it from the instance group.
- POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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NAME - Name of the instance group to operate on.
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- REQUIRED FLAGS
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--instances=INSTANCE,[INSTANCE,…] - The names of the instances to remove from the instance group.
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- OPTIONAL FLAGS
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--zone=ZONE - Zone of the instance group to operate on. If not specified and the
compute/zoneTo avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set the
compute/zonegcloud config set compute/zone ZONEA list of zones can be fetched by running:
gcloud compute zones listTo unset the property, run:
gcloud config unset compute/zoneAlternatively, the zone can be stored in the environment variable
CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE
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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 instance-groups unmanaged remove-instancesgcloud beta compute instance-groups unmanaged remove-instancesgcloud preview compute instance-groups unmanaged remove-instances
gcloud compute instance-groups unmanaged remove-instances
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.
