[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-06-17 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eThis webpage details how to update the settings of a specific instance using a PATCH HTTP request to a given URL with gRPC Transcoding syntax.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eUpdating an instance requires specifying the \u003ccode\u003einstance.name\u003c/code\u003e in the path parameters, which follows a specific format: \u003ccode\u003eprojects/{project}/locations/{location}/instances/{instance}\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eupdateMask\u003c/code\u003e query parameter must be supplied, indicating which fields will be updated, and can only include a specified set of options such as "description", "fileShares", and "labels", among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe request body must contain an instance of \u003ccode\u003eInstance\u003c/code\u003e, and the response will contain an instance of \u003ccode\u003eOperation\u003c/code\u003e if the request is successful.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe operation requires the OAuth scope \u003ccode\u003ehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Method: projects.locations.instances.patch\n\n- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Path parameters](#body.PATH_PARAMETERS)\n- [Query parameters](#body.QUERY_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n- [Try it!](#try-it)\n\nUpdates the settings of a specific instance.\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`PATCH https://file.googleapis.com/v1/{instance.name=projects/*/locations/*/instances/*}`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Path parameters\n\n### Query parameters\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body contains an instance of [Instance](/filestore/docs/reference/rest/v1/projects.locations.instances#Instance).\n\n### Response body\n\nIf successful, the response body contains an instance of [Operation](/filestore/docs/reference/rest/Shared.Types/ListOperationsResponse#Operation).\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires the following OAuth scope:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform`\n\nFor more information, see the [Authentication Overview](/docs/authentication#authorization-gcp)."]]
