gcloud container azure node-pools delete

NAME

gcloud container azure node-pools delete - delete a node pool in an Anthos cluster on Azure

SYNOPSIS

gcloud container azure node-pools delete (NODE_POOL : --cluster=CLUSTER --location=LOCATION) [--allow-missing] [--async] [--ignore-errors] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]

DESCRIPTION

(DEPRECATED) Delete a node pool in an Anthos cluster on Azure. This command is deprecated. See https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/multi-cloud/docs/azure/deprecations/deprecation-announcement for more details.

EXAMPLES

To delete a node pool named my-node-pool in a cluster named my-cluster managed in location us-west1, run:

gcloud container azure node-pools delete my-node-pool --cluster=my-cluster --location=us-west1

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

Nodepool resource - node pool 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 project attribute:

provide the argument node_pool on the command line with a fully specified name;
provide the argument --project on the command line;
set the property core/project.

This must be specified.

NODE_POOL

ID of the nodepool or fully qualified identifier for the nodepool.

To set the nodepool attribute:

provide the argument node_pool on the command line.

This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.

--cluster=CLUSTER

cluster of the nodepool. To set the cluster attribute:

provide the argument node_pool on the command line with a fully specified name;
provide the argument --cluster on the command line.

--location=LOCATION

Google Cloud location for the nodepool. To set the location attribute:

provide the argument node_pool on the command line with a fully specified name;
provide the argument --location on the command line;
set the property container_azure/location.

FLAGS

--allow-missing: Allow idempotent deletion of node pool. The request will still succeed in case the node pool does not exist.
--async: Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
--ignore-errors: Force delete an Azure node pool. Deletion of the Azure node pool will succeed even if errors occur during deleting in-node pool resources. Using this parameter may result in orphaned resources in the node pool.

GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS

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 help for details.

NOTES

This variant is also available:

gcloud alpha container azure node-pools delete

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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.