gcloud spanner instance-partitions delete

NAME

gcloud spanner instance-partitions delete - delete a Spanner instance partition. You can't delete the default instance partition using this command

SYNOPSIS

gcloud spanner instance-partitions delete (INSTANCE_PARTITION : --instance=INSTANCE) [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]

DESCRIPTION

Delete a Spanner instance partition. You can't delete the default instance partition using this command.

EXAMPLES

To delete a Spanner instance partition, run:

gcloud spanner instance-partitions delete my-instance-partition-id --instance=my-instance-id

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

Instance partition resource - The Spanner instance partition 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 instance_partition 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.

INSTANCE_PARTITION

ID of the instance partition or fully qualified identifier for the instance partition.

To set the instance partition attribute:

provide the argument instance_partition on the command line.

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

--instance=INSTANCE

The Cloud Spanner instance for the instance partition. To set the instance attribute:

provide the argument instance_partition on the command line with a fully specified name;
provide the argument --instance on the command line;
set the property spanner/instance.

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 spanner instance-partitions delete

gcloud beta spanner instance-partitions delete

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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

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