- NAME
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- gcloud compute instances remove-metadata - remove instance metadata
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud compute instances remove-metadataINSTANCE_NAME[--zone=ZONE] [--all|--keys=KEY, [KEY, …]] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
- gcloud compute instances remove-metadata can be used to remove instance metadata entries.
- EXAMPLES
- To remove metadata keys
important-datauseless-datatest-instancegcloud compute instances remove-metadata test-instance --keys = important-data,useless-data - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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INSTANCE_NAME - Name of the instance to set metadata on. For details on valid instance names, refer to the criteria documented under the field 'name' at: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1/instances
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- FLAGS
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--zone=ZONE - Zone of the instance to set metadata on. If not specified, you might be prompted
to select a zone (interactive mode only).
gcloudattempts to identify the appropriate zone by searching for resources in your currently active project. If the zone cannot be determined,gcloudprompts you for a selection with all available Google Cloud Platform zones.To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, the user 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 - At most one of these can be specified:
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--all - If provided, all metadata entries are removed.
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--keys=KEY,[KEY,…] - The keys of the entries to remove.
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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 instances remove-metadatagcloud beta compute instances remove-metadatagcloud preview compute instances remove-metadata
gcloud compute instances remove-metadata
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.
