- NAME
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- gcloud projects describe - show metadata for a project
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud projects describePROJECT_ID_OR_NUMBER[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
- Shows metadata for a project given a valid project ID.
This command can fail for the following reasons:
- The project specified does not exist.
- The active account does not have permission to access the given project.
- EXAMPLES
- The following command prints metadata for a project with the ID
example-foo-bar-1:gcloud projects describe example-foo-bar-1 - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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PROJECT_ID_OR_NUMBER - ID or number for the project you want to describe.
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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
- These variants are also available:
gcloud alpha projects describegcloud beta projects describe
gcloud projects describe
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.
