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gcloud firestore databases update

NAME

gcloud firestore databases update - update the database configuration of a Cloud Firestore database

SYNOPSIS

gcloud firestore databases update [[--async](#--async)] [[--concurrency-mode](#--concurrency-mode)=CONCURRENCY_MODE] [[--database](#--database)=DATABASE] [[--delete-protection](#--delete-protection)] [[--enable-pitr](#--enable-pitr)] [[--type](#--type)=TYPE] [[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG](#GCLOUD-WIDE-FLAGS) …]

DESCRIPTION

Update the database configuration of a Cloud Firestore database.

EXAMPLES

The following command updates the database type of a Cloud Firestore database.

gcloud firestore databases update --type=firestore-native

FLAGS

--async

Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.

--concurrency-mode=CONCURRENCY_MODE

The concurrency control mode to use for this database.CONCURRENCY_MODE must be one of:optimistic, pessimistic.

Database resource - Cloud Firestore database to update. This represents a Cloud 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 --database on the command line with a fully specified name;
• the default value of argument [--database] is (default) with a fully specified name;
• provide the argument --project on the command line;
• set the property core/project.

--database=DATABASE

ID of the database or fully qualified identifier for the database.

To set the database attribute:

• provide the argument --database on the command line;
• the default value of argument [--database] is (default).

--delete-protection

If set to true, the Firestore database will be updated to have database delete protection enabled. A database with delete protection enabled cannot be deleted. You can disable the delete protection via --no-delete-protection.

--enable-pitr

If set to true, the Firestore database will be updated to enable Point In Time Recovery. You can disable the this feature via --no-enable-pitr.

--type=TYPE

The database type. TYPE must be one of:datastore-mode, firestore-native.

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.

API REFERENCE

This command uses the firestore/v1 API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/firestore

NOTES

These variants are also available:

gcloud alpha firestore databases update

gcloud beta firestore databases update

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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.