- NAME
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- gcloud compute images update - update a Compute Engine image
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud compute images updateIMAGE_NAME[--architecture=ARCHITECTURE] [--description=DESCRIPTION] [--family=FAMILY] [--update-labels=[KEY=VALUE,…]] [--clear-labels|--remove-labels=[KEY,…]] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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gcloud compute images updateupdates labels for a Compute Engine image. - EXAMPLES
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To update labels
andk0and remove labels with keyk1, run:k3gcloud compute images update example-image --update-labels=k0=value1,k1=value2 --remove-labels=k3k0 and k1 will be added as new labels if not already present.
Labels can be used to identify the image and to filter them like:
gcloud compute images list --filter='labels.k1:value2'To list only the labels when describing a resource, use --format:
gcloud compute images describe example-image --format="default(labels)" - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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IMAGE_NAME- Name of the disk image to update.
- FLAGS
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--architecture=ARCHITECTURE-
Specifies the architecture or processor type that this image can support. For
available processor types on Compute Engine, see https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/cpu-platforms.
ARCHITECTUREmust be one of:ARM64,X86_64. --description=DESCRIPTION- An optional text description for the image.
--family=FAMILY- Name of the image family to use. If an image family is specified when you create an instance or disk, the latest non-deprecated image in the family is used.
--update-labels=[KEY=VALUE,…]-
List of label KEY=VALUE pairs to update. If a label exists, its value is
modified. Otherwise, a new label is created.
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. -
At most one of these can be specified:
--clear-labels-
Remove all labels. If
--update-labelsis also specified then--clear-labelsis applied first.For example, to remove all labels:
gcloud compute images update --clear-labelsTo remove all existing labels and create two new labels,
andfoo:bazgcloud compute images update --clear-labels --update-labels foo=bar,baz=qux --remove-labels=[KEY,…]-
List of label keys to remove. If a label does not exist it is silently ignored.
If
--update-labelsis also specified then--update-labelsis applied first.
- 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
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These variants are also available:
gcloud alpha compute images updategcloud beta compute images update
gcloud compute images update
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Last updated 2025-07-22 UTC.