gcloud compute disks update DISK_NAME [--access-mode=ACCESS_MODE] [--provisioned-iops=PROVISIONED_IOPS] [--provisioned-throughput=PROVISIONED_THROUGHPUT] [--size=SIZE] [--update-labels=[KEY=VALUE,…]] [--append-licenses=LICENSE,[LICENSE,…] --remove-licenses=LICENSE,[LICENSE,…] --replace-license=LICENSE,LICENSE] [--clear-architecture | --update-architecture=UPDATE_ARCHITECTURE] [--clear-labels | --remove-labels=[KEY,…]] [--region=REGION | --zone=ZONE] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
gcloud compute disks update updates a Compute Engine Hyperdisk or
Persistent Disk.
gcloud compute disks update example-disk --zone=us-central1-a --update-labels=k0=value1,k1=value2 --remove-labels=k3`_k0_` and `_k1_` are added as new labels if not already present.
Labels can be used to identify the disk. To list disks with the 'k1:value2' label, run:
gcloud compute disks list --filter='labels.k1:value2'To list only the labels when describing a resource, use --format to filter the result:
gcloud compute disks describe example-disk --format="default(labels)"To append licenses to the disk, run:
gcloud compute disks update example-disk --zone=us-central1-a --append-licenses=projects/license-project/global/licenses/license-1,projects/license-project/global/licenses/license-2To remove licenses from the disk, run:
gcloud compute disks update example-disk --zone=us-central1-a --replace-licenses=projects/license-project/global/licenses/license-1,projects/license-project/global/licenses/license-2To replace a license on the disk, run:
gcloud compute disks update example-disk --zone=us-central1-a --replace-license=projects/license-project/global/licenses/old-license,projects/license-project/global/licenses/new-licenseDISK_NAME--access-mode=ACCESS_MODEACCESS_MODE must be one of: READ_ONLY_MANY,
READ_WRITE_MANY, READ_WRITE_SINGLE.
--provisioned-iops=PROVISIONED_IOPS--provisioned-throughput=PROVISIONED_THROUGHPUT--size=SIZEGB for gigabyte, or
TB for terabyte. If no size unit is
specified, GB is assumed. For details about disk size limits, refer to: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/disks
--update-labels=[KEY=VALUE,…]-), underscores (_), lowercase characters, and
numbers. Values must contain only hyphens (-), underscores
(_), lowercase characters, and numbers.
--append-licenses=LICENSE,[LICENSE,…]--remove-licenses=LICENSE,[LICENSE,…]--replace-license=LICENSE,LICENSE--clear-architecture--update-architecture=UPDATE_ARCHITECTUREUPDATE_ARCHITECTURE must be one of: ARM64,
X86_64.
--clear-labels--update-labels is also specified then
--clear-labels is applied first.
For example, to remove all labels:
gcloud compute disks update --clear-labels
To remove all existing labels and create two new labels,
and
foo:
baz
gcloud compute disks update --clear-labels --update-labels foo=bar,baz=qux--remove-labels=[KEY,…]--update-labels is also specified then
--update-labels is applied first.
--region=REGION
To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set the
property:
compute/region
gcloud config set compute/region REGIONA list of regions can be fetched by running:
gcloud compute regions listTo unset the property, run:
gcloud config unset compute/regionCLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_REGION.
--zone=ZONEcompute/zone property isn't set, you might
be prompted to select a zone (interactive mode only).
To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set the
property:
compute/zone
gcloud 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/zoneCLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE.
--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 help for details.
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.