- NAME
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- gcloud compute instance-groups managed abandon-instances - abandon instances owned by a managed instance group
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud compute instance-groups managed abandon-instancesNAME--instances=INSTANCE, [INSTANCE, …] [--region=REGION|--zone=ZONE] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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gcloud compute instance-groups managed abandon-instancesabandons one or more instances from a managed instance group, thereby reducing the targetSize of the group. Once instances have been abandoned, the currentSize of the group is automatically reduced as well to reflect the change.Abandoning an instance does not reboot or delete the underlying virtual machine instances, but just removes the instances from the instance group. If you would like to delete the underlying instances, use the
delete-instancescommand instead.The command returns the operation status per instance, which might be
FAILSUCCESSMEMBER_NOT_FOUNDMEMBER_NOT_FOUNDFor a more detailed overview of how abandoning instances from a managed instance group works, see Abandoning instances from a MIG .
- POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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NAME - Name of the managed instance group to operate on.
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- REQUIRED FLAGS
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--instances=INSTANCE,[INSTANCE,…] - Names of instances to abandon.
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- OPTIONAL FLAGS
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- At most one of these can be specified:
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--region=REGION - Region of the managed instance group to operate on. If not specified, you might
be prompted to select a region (interactive mode only).
A list of regions can be fetched by running:
gcloud compute regions listOverrides the default
compute/regionproperty value for this command invocation. -
--zone=ZONE - Zone of the managed instance group to operate on. If not specified, you might be
prompted to select a zone (interactive mode only).
A list of zones can be fetched by running:
gcloud compute zones listOverrides the default
compute/zoneproperty value for this command invocation.
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- At most one of these can be specified:
- 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
- These variants are also available:
gcloud alpha compute instance-groups managed abandon-instancesgcloud beta compute instance-groups managed abandon-instancesgcloud preview compute instance-groups managed abandon-instances
gcloud compute instance-groups managed abandon-instances
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.
