- NAME
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- gcloud alpha spanner instances delete - delete a Cloud Spanner instance
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud alpha spanner instances deleteINSTANCE[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(ALPHA)Delete a Cloud Spanner instance. - EXAMPLES
- To delete a Cloud Spanner instance, run:
gcloud alpha spanner instances delete my-instance-id - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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INSTANCE - Cloud Spanner instance ID.
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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
- This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If this
command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project,
you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early access
allowlist. These variants are also available:
gcloud spanner instances deletegcloud beta spanner instances delete
gcloud alpha spanner instances delete
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.
