- NAME
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- gcloud beta topic uninstall - supplementary help for uninstalling Google Cloud CLI
- DESCRIPTION
- Uninstalling Google Cloud CLI
- Note: For installations completed using an OS package (such as
apt-get,yum, etc.), uninstall Google Cloud CLI via the OS package manager.Note: For Windows installations, execute the uninstaller.exe found under your Google Cloud CLI directory.
To completely remove Google Cloud CLI, follow these instructions:
- Locate your installation directory by running:
gcloud info --format = "value(installation.sdk_root)"- Locate your user config directory (typically
~/.config/gcloudon MacOS and Linux) by running:
gcloud info --format = "value(config.paths.global_config_dir)"- Delete both these directories.
- Additionally, remove lines sourcing
completion.bash.incandpaths.bash.incin your.bashrcor equivalent shell init file, if you added them during installation.
- Review the contents of the
.botofile in your home directory and remove the sections '[GoogleCompute]' and '[GSUtil]'. In addition, review the sections '[OAuth2]' and '[Credentials]' for settings that are no longer needed.
- Some systems may have
Cachedirectories such as~/Library/Caches/on Mac OS X. Find and delete these directories for your system:
find ~/Library/Caches/ -type d -name "google-cloud-sdk" | xargs rm -r - NOTES
- This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. These
variants are also available:
gcloud topic uninstallgcloud alpha topic uninstall
gcloud beta topic uninstall
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.
