gcloud alpha firestore backups delete (original) (raw)

gcloud alpha firestore backups delete

NAME

gcloud alpha firestore backups delete - deletes a Cloud Firestore backup

SYNOPSIS

gcloud alpha firestore backups delete [--backup](#--backup)=BACKUP [--location](#--location)=LOCATION [[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG](#GCLOUD-WIDE-FLAGS) …]

EXAMPLES

To delete cf9f748a-7980-4703-b1a1-d1ffff591db0 backup in us-east1.

gcloud alpha firestore backups delete --location=us-east1 --backup=cf9f748a-7980-4703-b1a1-d1ffff591db0

REQUIRED FLAGS

--backup=BACKUP

The backup to operate on.

For example, to operate on backupcf9f748a-7980-4703-b1a1-d1ffff591db0:

gcloud alpha firestore backups delete --backup='cf9f748a-7980-4703-b1a1-d1ffff591db0'

--location=LOCATION

The location to operate on. Available locations are listed at https://cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/locations.

For example, to operate on location us-east1:

gcloud alpha firestore backups delete --location='us-east1'

GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS

These flags are available to all commands: [--access-token-file](/sdk/gcloud/reference#--access-token-file),[--account](/sdk/gcloud/reference#--account), [--billing-project](/sdk/gcloud/reference#--billing-project),[--configuration](/sdk/gcloud/reference#--configuration),[--flags-file](/sdk/gcloud/reference#--flags-file),[--flatten](/sdk/gcloud/reference#--flatten), [--format](/sdk/gcloud/reference#--format), [--help](/sdk/gcloud/reference#--help), [--impersonate-service-account](/sdk/gcloud/reference#--impersonate-service-account),[--log-http](/sdk/gcloud/reference#--log-http),[--project](/sdk/gcloud/reference#--project), [--quiet](/sdk/gcloud/reference#--quiet), [--trace-token](/sdk/gcloud/reference#--trace-token), [--user-output-enabled](/sdk/gcloud/reference#--user-output-enabled),[--verbosity](/sdk/gcloud/reference#--verbosity).

Run $ [gcloud help](/sdk/gcloud/reference) for details.

NOTES

This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If this command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project, you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early access allowlist. These variants are also available:

gcloud firestore backups delete

gcloud beta firestore backups delete

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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.