- NAME
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- gcloud preview compute images update - update a Compute Engine image
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud preview 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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(PREVIEW)gcloud preview compute images updateupdates labels for a Compute Engine image. - EXAMPLES
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To update labels
andk0and remove labels with keyk1, run:k3gcloud preview 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 preview compute images list --filter='labels.k1:value2'To list only the labels when describing a resource, use --format:
gcloud preview 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 preview compute images update --clear-labelsTo remove all existing labels and create two new labels,
andfoo:bazgcloud preview 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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This command is currently in DEVELOPER PREVIEW and may 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 compute images updategcloud alpha compute images updategcloud beta compute images update
gcloud preview compute images update
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Last updated 2026-04-14 UTC.