gcloud container vmware node-pools delete

NAME

gcloud container vmware node-pools delete - delete a node pool in an Anthos cluster on VMware

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

Delete a node pool in an Anthos cluster on VMware.

EXAMPLES

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

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

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

Node pool 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 node_pool or fully qualified identifier for the node_pool.

To set the node_pool 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 node_pool. 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 node_pool. 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_vmware/location.

FLAGS

--allow-missing: If set, and the Vmware Node Pool is not found, the request will succeed but no action will be taken.
--async: Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
--ignore-errors: If set, the deletion of a VMware node pool resource will succeed even if errors occur during deletion.
--validate-only: If set, only validate the request, but do not actually perform the operation.

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 container vmware node-pools delete

gcloud beta container vmware node-pools delete

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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.