- NAME
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- gcloud iam service-accounts - create and manipulate service accounts
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud iam service-accountsGROUP|COMMAND[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
- Create and manipulate IAM service accounts. A service account is a special
Google account that belongs to your application or a VM, instead of to an
individual end user. Your application uses the service account to call the
Google API of a service, so that the users aren't directly involved.
Note: Service accounts use client quotas for tracking usage.
More information on service accounts can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/service-accounts
- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
- These flags are available to all commands:
--help.Run
$ gcloud helpfor details. - GROUPS
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is one of the following:GROUP-
keys - Manage service account keys.
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- COMMANDS
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is one of the following:COMMAND-
add-iam-policy-binding - Add an IAM policy binding to an IAM service account.
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create - Create a service account for a project.
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delete - Delete a service account from a project.
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describe - Show metadata for a service account from a project.
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disable - Disable an IAM service account.
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enable - Enable an IAM service account.
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get-iam-policy - Get the IAM policy for a service account.
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list - List all of a project's service accounts.
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remove-iam-policy-binding - Remove IAM policy binding from a service account.
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set-iam-policy - Set IAM policy for a service account.
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sign-blob - Sign a blob with a managed service account key.
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sign-jwt - Sign a JWT with a managed service account key.
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undelete - Undelete a service account for a project.
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update - Update an IAM service account.
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- NOTES
- These variants are also available:
gcloud alpha iam service-accountsgcloud beta iam service-accounts
gcloud iam service-accounts
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

