- NAME
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- gcloud beta compute project-zonal-metadata remove - remove project zonal metadata
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud beta compute project-zonal-metadata remove--zone=ZONE[--all|--keys=KEY, [KEY, …]] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(BETA)gcloud beta compute project-zonal-metadata removeis used to remove project zonal metadata from all VMs within the specified zone. For information about metadata, see https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/metadata .Only the metadata keys that you provide in the command get removed. All other existing metadata entries remain the same.
After you remove a specific project zonal metadata entry, if that metadata key has any project-wide value configured, then the VMs in the zone automatically inherit that project-wide value.
- EXAMPLES
- To remove the project zonal metadata with key=value in the zone
for the projectus-central1-a, run:my-gcp-projectgcloud beta compute project-zonal-metadata remove --keys = key --zone = us-central1-a --project = my-gcp-projectFor more information and examples about how to remove project zonal metadata, see https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/metadata/setting-custom-metadata#remove-custom-project-zonal-metadata
- REQUIRED FLAGS
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--zone=ZONE - The zone in which you want to remove project zonal metadata
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- OPTIONAL FLAGS
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- At most one of these can be specified:
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--all - If provided, all project zonal metadata entries are removed from VM instances in the zone.
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--keys=KEY,[KEY,…] - The keys for which you want to remove project zonal metadata
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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
- This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. These
variants are also available:
gcloud compute project-zonal-metadata removegcloud alpha compute project-zonal-metadata removegcloud preview compute project-zonal-metadata remove
gcloud beta compute project-zonal-metadata remove
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

