- NAME
- 
- gcloud alpha filestore backups delete - delete a Filestore backup
 
- SYNOPSIS
- 
- 
gcloud alpha filestore backups deleteBACKUP--region=REGION[--async] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
 
- 
- DESCRIPTION
- 
(ALPHA)Delete a Filestore backup.This command can fail for the following reasons: - The backup specified does not exist.
- The active account does not have permission to delete the given backup.
 
- EXAMPLES
- 
The following command deletes a backup with the name 'my-backup' in the region
us-central1:
gcloud alpha filestore backups delete my-backup --region=us-central1
- POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
- 
- BACKUP
- Arguments and flags that specify the Filestore backup you want to delete.
 
- REQUIRED FLAGS
- 
- --region=- REGION
- Compute region (e.g. us-central1) for the backup.
 
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
- 
- --async
- Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
 
- 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.
- API REFERENCE
- 
This command uses the file/v1p1alpha1API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/filestore/
- NOTES
- 
This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If this
command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project,
you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early access
allowlist. These variants are also available:
gcloud filestore backups deletegcloud beta filestore backups delete
      gcloud alpha filestore backups delete
  
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Last updated 2025-06-03 UTC.