- NAME
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- gcloud preview compute instance-groups unmanaged remove-instances - removes resources from an unmanaged instance group by instance name
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud preview compute instance-groups unmanaged remove-instancesNAME--instances=INSTANCE,[INSTANCE,…] [--zone=ZONE] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(PREVIEW)gcloud preview compute instance-groups unmanaged remove-instancesremoves instances from an unmanaged instance group using the instance name.This does not delete the actual instance resources but removes it from the instance group.
- POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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NAME- Name of the instance group to operate on.
- REQUIRED FLAGS
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--instances=INSTANCE,[INSTANCE,…]- The names of the instances to remove from the instance group.
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
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--zone=ZONE-
Zone of the instance group to operate on. If not specified and the
property isn't set, you might be prompted to select a zone (interactive mode only).compute/zoneTo avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set the
property:compute/zonegcloud config set compute/zone ZONEA list of zones can be fetched by running:
gcloud compute zones listTo unset the property, run:
gcloud config unset compute/zoneAlternatively, the zone can be stored in the environment variable
.CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE
- 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 instance-groups unmanaged remove-instancesgcloud alpha compute instance-groups unmanaged remove-instancesgcloud beta compute instance-groups unmanaged remove-instances
gcloud preview compute instance-groups unmanaged remove-instances
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Last updated 2026-04-14 UTC.