- NAME
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- gcloud beta compute instances remove-tags - remove tags from Compute Engine virtual machine instances
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud beta compute instances remove-tagsINSTANCE_NAME(--all|--tags=TAG, [TAG, …]) [--zone=ZONE] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(BETA)gcloud beta compute instances remove-tagsis used to remove tags from Compute Engine virtual machine instances. - EXAMPLES
- To remove tags
tag-1tag-2test-instancegcloud beta compute instances remove-tags test-instance --tags = tag-1,tag-2 - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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INSTANCE_NAME - Name of the instance to set tags 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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- REQUIRED FLAGS
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- Exactly one of these must be specified:
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--all - Remove all tags from the instance.
- Specifies strings to be removed from the instance tags. Multiple tags can be removed by repeating this flag.
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- Exactly one of these must be specified:
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
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--zone=ZONE - Zone of the instance to set tags 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
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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 beta and might change without notice. These
variants are also available:
gcloud compute instances remove-tagsgcloud alpha compute instances remove-tagsgcloud preview compute instances remove-tags
gcloud beta compute instances remove-tags
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.
