- NAME
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- gcloud compute target-instances delete - delete target instances
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud compute target-instances deleteNAME[NAME…] [--zone=ZONE] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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gcloud compute target-instances deletedeletes one or more Compute Engine target instances. Target instances can be deleted only if they are not being used by any other resources like forwarding rules. - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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NAME[NAME…] - Names of the target instances to delete.
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- FLAGS
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--zone=ZONE - Zone of the target instances to delete. If not specified and the
compute/zoneTo avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you 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
- These variants are also available:
gcloud alpha compute target-instances deletegcloud beta compute target-instances deletegcloud preview compute target-instances delete
gcloud compute target-instances delete
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.
