gcloud compute security-policies delete

NAME

gcloud compute security-policies delete - delete security policies

SYNOPSIS

gcloud compute security-policies delete NAME [NAME …] [--global | --region=REGION] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]

DESCRIPTION

gcloud compute security-policies delete deletes Compute Engine security policies. Security policies can only be deleted when no other resources (e.g., backend services) refer to them.

EXAMPLES

To delete a security policy, run:

gcloud compute security-policies delete my-policy

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

NAME [NAME …]: Names of the security policies to delete.

FLAGS

At most one of these can be specified: --global If set, the security policies are global. --region=REGION Region of the security policies to delete. Overrides the default compute/region property value for this command invocation.

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

These variants are also available:

gcloud alpha compute security-policies delete

gcloud beta compute security-policies delete

gcloud preview compute security-policies delete

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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.