gcloud compute snapshots delete

NAME

gcloud compute snapshots delete - delete Compute Engine snapshots

SYNOPSIS

gcloud compute snapshots delete SNAPSHOT_NAME [SNAPSHOT_NAME …] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]

DESCRIPTION

gcloud compute snapshots delete deletes one or more Compute Engine snapshots.

EXAMPLES

To delete Compute Engine snapshots with the names 'snapshot-1' and 'snapshot-2', run:

gcloud compute snapshots delete snapshot-1 snapshot-2

To list all snapshots that were created before a specific date, use the --filter flag with the gcloud compute snapshots list command.

gcloud compute snapshots list --filter="creationTimestamp<'2017-01-01'"

For more information on how to use --filter with the list command, run $ gcloud topic filters.

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

SNAPSHOT_NAME [SNAPSHOT_NAME …]: Names of the snapshots to delete.

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 snapshots delete

gcloud beta compute snapshots delete

gcloud preview compute snapshots delete

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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.