gcloud compute disks delete DISK_NAME [DISK_NAME …] [--region=REGION | --zone=ZONE] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
gcloud compute disks delete deletes a Compute Engine disk. A disk
can be deleted only if it is not attached to any virtual machine instances.
gcloud compute disks delete my-disk --zone=us-east1-aDISK_NAME [DISK_NAME …]--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.