gcloud compute networks delete (original) (raw)

gcloud compute networks delete

NAME

gcloud compute networks delete - delete Compute Engine networks

SYNOPSIS

gcloud compute networks delete [NAME](#NAME) [[NAME](#NAME) …] [[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG](#GCLOUD-WIDE-FLAGS) …]

DESCRIPTION

gcloud compute networks delete deletes one or more Compute Engine networks. Networks can only be deleted when no other resources (e.g., virtual machine instances) refer to them.

EXAMPLES

To delete a network with the name 'network-name', run:

gcloud compute networks delete network-name

To delete two networks with the names 'network-name1' and 'network-name2', run:

gcloud compute networks delete network-name1 network-name2

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

NAME [NAME …]

Names of the networks to delete.

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

These variants are also available:

gcloud alpha compute networks delete

gcloud beta compute networks delete

gcloud preview compute networks delete

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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.