- NAME
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- gcloud projects create - create a new project
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud projects create[PROJECT_ID] [--no-enable-cloud-apis] [--folder=FOLDER_ID] [--labels=[KEY=VALUE, …]] [--name=NAME] [--organization=ORGANIZATION_ID] [--set-as-default] [--tags=[KEY=VALUE, …]] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
- Creates a new project with the given project ID. By default, projects are not
created under a parent resource. To do so, use either the
--organizationor--folderflag. - EXAMPLES
- The following command creates a project with ID
example-foo-bar-1, nameHappy projectand labeltype=happy:gcloud projects create example-foo-bar-1 --name = "Happy project" --labels = type = happyBy default, projects are not created under a parent resource. The following command creates a project with ID
example-2with parentfolders/12345:gcloud projects create example-2 --folder = 12345The following command creates a project with ID
example-3with parentorganizations/2048:gcloud projects create example-3 --organization = 2048 - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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PROJECT_ID] - ID for the project you want to create.
Project IDs are immutable and can be set only during project creation. They must start with a lowercase letter and can have lowercase ASCII letters, digits or hyphens. Project IDs must be between 6 and 30 characters.
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- FLAGS
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--enable-cloud-apis - Enable
cloudapis.googleapis.comduring creation. Enabled by default, use--no-enable-cloud-apisto disable. -
--folder=FOLDER_ID - ID for the folder to use as a parent
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--labels=[KEY=VALUE,…] - List of label KEY=VALUE pairs to add.
Keys must start with a lowercase character and contain only hyphens (
-), underscores (_), lowercase characters, and numbers. Values must contain only hyphens (-), underscores (_), lowercase characters, and numbers. -
--name=NAME - Name for the project you want to create. If not specified, will use project id as name.
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--organization=ORGANIZATION_ID - ID for the organization to use as a parent
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--set-as-default - Set newly created project as [core/project] property.
- List of tags KEY=VALUE pairs to bind. Each item must be expressed as
<tag-key-namespaced-name>=<tag-value-short-name>.Example:
123/environment=production,123/costCenter=marketingNote: Currently this field is in Preview.
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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. - SEE ALSO
- See https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/6251787 for information on creating or deleting projects from the Google Cloud Platform Console.
- NOTES
- These variants are also available:
gcloud alpha projects creategcloud beta projects create
gcloud projects create
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

