- NAME
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- gcloud alpha metastore services delete - delete one or more Dataproc Metastore services
 
 - SYNOPSIS
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- 
gcloud alpha metastore services delete(SERVICES[SERVICES…] :--location=LOCATION) [--async] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …] 
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 - DESCRIPTION
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(ALPHA)If run asynchronously with--async, exits after printing one or more operation names that can be used to poll the status of the deletion(s) via:gcloud metastore operations describe
 - EXAMPLES
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To delete a Dataproc Metastore service with the name
my-metastore-servicein locationus-central1, run:gcloud alpha metastore services delete my-metastore-service --location=us-central1To delete multiple Dataproc Metastore services with the name
service-1andservice-2in the same locationus-central1, run:gcloud alpha metastore services delete service-1 service-2 --location=us-central1 - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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Service resource - The services to delete. The arguments in this group can be
used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not
given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.
To set the
projectattribute:- 
provide the argument 
serviceson the command line with a fully specified name; - 
provide the argument 
--projecton the command line; - 
set the property 
core/project. 
This must be specified.
SERVICES[SERVICES…]- 
IDs of the services or fully qualified identifiers for the services.
To set the
serviceattribute:- 
provide the argument 
serviceson the command line. 
This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.
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provide the argument 
 --location=LOCATION- 
Location to which the services belongs.
To set the
locationattribute:- 
provide the argument 
serviceson the command line with a fully specified name; - 
provide the argument 
--locationon the command line; - 
set the property 
metastore/location. 
 - 
provide the argument 
 
 - 
provide the argument 
 
 - 
Service resource - The services to delete. The arguments in this group can be
used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not
given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.
 - FLAGS
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--async- Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
 
 - GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
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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 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 metastore services deletegcloud beta metastore services delete 
      gcloud alpha metastore services delete
  
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Last updated 2025-07-22 UTC.